🔓 Part 1: Hunger Games Code Warm-Up

1. Use the code key below to decipher this message about choices and consequences:

Code Key: A=C, B=H, C=O, D=I, E=C, F=E, G=S, H=M, I=A, J=T, K=T, L=E, M=R

Coded Message: ADEFAL GHIML JIFL

Decoded Message: ________________________

📚 Part 2: Character Decisions in The Outsiders

2. Choose one critical decision made by a character in The Outsiders:

Ponyboy's decision to run away after Bob's death

Johnny's choice to kill Bob to save Ponyboy

Dally's decision to help Ponyboy and Johnny escape

Johnny's choice to turn himself in

Other: ________________________

3. Describe the decision you chose and why it was important to the story:

4. What alternative choice could this character have made instead?

5. How would this alternative choice have changed the story's outcome? Be specific:

6. Which theme would be most affected by this alternative choice?

Loyalty and brotherhood

Social class conflict

Violence and its consequences

Loss of innocence

Family and belonging

7. Explain how the theme you selected would change with the alternative choice:

8. Find a quote from the text that shows your chosen character struggling with their decision. Write it below:

9. In your opinion, which character choice in The Outsiders was most crucial to the story's development? Explain why:

10. How does analyzing alternative choices help you better understand the story's message?