Steve Martin – Teaching The Outsiders (and more)

8th grade, Steve Martin

OH NOOOOOO! (Part I)

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It’s never good news when your principal, as you’re rolling for home, says, “Can I get 5 minutes with you tomorrow morning…(wait a beat and a half)… about a scheduling issue?” (silently) What do you need me for? Scheduling is part of the counselors’ job…hmmmm. (aloud) “No worries. See you tomorrow.” One of my favorite […]

Rerun, Steve Martin, The Outsiders, Writing

Guest Artist: Creating Memorable Characters (Also: Chapter 6 rerun.)

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You can tell Susan Hinton was young when she wrote The Outsiders. Even as I read it aloud for the 60somethingth time (and still laugh and tear up), I see the repetitions and the plot holes and the shmaltz. But I don’t care, and neither do the kids. It’s the characters she created that bring […]