Performance Task:
The Outsiders
Task Purpose/Focus: Answer the question: why are people judged by their appearances?
Role: You are a journalist for the Tulsa, Oklahoma newspaper, The Greater Tulsa Reporter, and you are creating a speech that will be presented at various high schools throughout the Tulsa area. Your speech will focus on the societal tendency to judge others by their appearances.
Access
Access
You must: Read Ponyboy Curtis’s semester theme for English (The Outsiders).
Interpret
Interpret
And: Analyze the significance of appearance as a cause of conflict between Greasers and Socs.
Produce
Produce
In order to: Compose a speech for the Tulsa Central School District in which you include information about the negative effects of judging others based on appearance. Illustrate the typical appearances of Greasers and Socs. Provide a map of the Tulsa area and identify Greaser and Soc neighborhoods.
Disseminate
Disseminate
And then: Present speeches to various schools in the Tulsa Central School District in which you speak about the societal problems that occur as a result of judging others by their appearances as evidenced by the experiences of Greasers and Socs in The Outsiders.
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