Language Arts Text: The Outsiders Anticipation/Reaction Guide
Language Arts Text: The Outsiders Anticipation/Reaction Guide
Language function The skill that was required for this text was listed at the top
“use examples from the text to explain and support my
ideas”. This assignment is a three-part assignment. The
student was being graded on their opinions and writing an
explanation about their defense of why they are siding in this
matter. The instruction does not directly tell the students to
pick examples from the text. However, for the last part of
this text, the students are to respond to their beliefs if they
have changed, and indirectly the text instructions would
want the student to pick examples from the book.
Vocabulary and The specific academic language of this text is presented
symbols within the instructions of this specific text. The description of
what a paragraph would look like is presented in the
instructions. A paragraph consists of 4-6 sentences, that
instruction alone has the use of academic language.
Discourse The text itself requires students to mark with a plus or minus
sign on each statement determining if they agreed or
disagreed. Students are then to choose three of the
statements and explain with reasoning as to why they
agreed or disagreed with that statement. Each statement
explanation required a paragraph that consisted of 4-6
sentences. The use of writing in a paragraph allows student
to practice writing in paragraphs. This skill is a skill that
students need to just know how to do when they continue
towards their education.
Syntax The rules involved with this text are developmentally
appropriate for the students. The importance of this text has
students to look at statements or beliefs that students may
have heard upon or strongly feel about and then apply those
statements within the book that they are about to read.
Students may feel strongly about some of these statements
and after reading “The Outsiders”, and looking back and
reflecting on what they agreed or disagreed upon, brings in
a bigger picture for the statements. Students can look at a
statement on dimensionally and having student read and
then reflect, this text allows students to maybe look at the
bigger picture.