Nov 22 2024 Ch 1-9 Timeline Review - Fun Friday!

Silent Read 20 min 

Presentations - Timelines - To complete. 45 min. 

IF YOU ARE DONE! You can: work to complete any missing assignments (Debate Assignment, Personal Novel Read Assignment or Personal Novel Cover Page Assignment) 

If all three TEAMS assignments are complete + your Chapter 1-9 timeline - you can do a board game with your group!

Sample - Chapter 1-9 Timeline 

Key Events That Could Have Been Included:

1. Chapter 1: Introduction to Ponyboy & the Greasers

   • Event: I introduce myself, Ponyboy Curtis, and my brothers, Darry and Sodapop. I talk about our lives as Greasers and our ongoing rivalry with the Socs. I tell you how I feel about being a Greaser, and about the way people judge me based on my appearance.
   • First-Person Writing: “I’ve always been a Greaser. That’s how people see me—one of those hoodlums with greasy hair and torn-up jeans. But I’m not just that. I’m Ponyboy, and I’m different. I like books and movies, and sometimes I feel like I don’t quite fit in with my own gang.”

2. Chapter 2: The Movie Date

   • Event: I go to the drive-in movie with Johnny, where we meet Cherry and Marcia, two Soc girls. I don’t get why they hang out with us, but I also don’t understand why the Socs are so different from us.
   • First-Person Writing: “That night at the movies, I had no idea what to expect. Meeting Cherry and Marcia was weird—these Soc girls actually didn’t look down on us. Cherry seemed different from the other Socs. She didn’t act like she thought we were all just ‘greasers.’ It made me wonder if maybe we were all more alike than I thought.”

3. Chapter 3: Trouble with the Socs

   • Event: After the movie, the Soc boys show up and threaten me and Johnny. Cherry and Marcia leave with the Socs to avoid a fight, but the tension is still high.
   • First-Person Writing: “Things started to heat up when the Socs showed up, wanting to pick a fight. It’s always like that—Socs looking for trouble with us Greasers. But I’m not the fighting type. I’d rather just avoid it, but sometimes you can’t. I hated how Cherry and Marcia just left with them. It didn’t seem right.”

4. Chapter 4: Johnny and Ponyboy Run Away

   • Event: Johnny kills Bob, a Soc, in self-defense after Bob attacks me. Johnny and I run away, heading for an abandoned church outside of town.
   • First-Person Writing: “I didn’t know what to think when Johnny pulled out the knife. Bob was gonna drown me, and Johnny... well, he just did what he had to do. We ran, not knowing what to do next. We ended up in that old church, hiding, trying to figure out how things had gone so wrong.”

5. Chapter 5: Life in Hiding

   • Event: Johnny and I hide out in the church, and I try to read Gone with the Wind to pass the time. We get caught in a fire, but we manage to save some kids who were trapped inside.
   • First-Person Writing: “Life in the church wasn’t so bad at first. Johnny and I had our quiet moments, just reading and thinking. But when that fire started, everything changed. We didn’t even think about it—we just acted. I couldn’t believe it when I saw those kids trapped, and I couldn’t leave them there. Johnny saved me, and I saved them. It felt good to be a hero, even if it was just for a moment.”

6. Chapter 6: After the Fire

   • Event: We’re both injured in the fire. Johnny is seriously hurt, and we head back into town to get help from Dally, who helps us escape again.
   • First-Person Writing: “Johnny was hurt bad. His back was broken from the fall, and it scared me to death. I couldn’t leave him, even though I knew Dally would get us out of there. He always knew what to do. But this time, it wasn’t just about getting away. It was about trying to survive.”

7. Chapter 7: Hospital and News of the Rumors

   • Event: We find out that Johnny and I are in trouble for being involved in Bob's death. Meanwhile, the rumors about us start spreading in town.
   • First-Person Writing: “It didn’t feel right—being in the hospital, and hearing about the trouble we were in. Everyone thought we were running away from something worse. But the truth was, we didn’t even know what was happening. I couldn’t believe it when people started saying stuff about us like we were criminals. We weren’t like that.”

8. Chapter 8: The Rumble is Coming

   • Event: Dally takes me and Johnny to the hospital to visit Two-Bit and Darry, and we talk about the upcoming rumble between the Greasers and the Socs. The tension is building.
   • First-Person Writing: “Dally was acting like nothing was wrong, but I could feel it. The rumble was coming, and I could tell that everyone was ready to fight. I didn’t want to be a part of it. I was tired of fighting—tired of all the hate between us and the Socs. But I knew there was no stopping it. That night would come, and we would have to face it.”

9. Chapter 9: The Rumble

• Event: The rumble takes place, and the Greasers win. Afterward, we hear that Johnny’s condition is critical, and we start to realize that the violence has consequences.
• First-Person Writing: “We won the rumble. I don’t know if it was because we were fighting for something bigger, but it didn’t feel like a victory. I felt empty after it was over. Johnny’s condition kept getting worse, and I knew that all the fighting we’d done didn’t change anything. We were still the same Greasers and they were still the same Socs. The world didn’t change.”
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