After reading the Basic Needs story called “Oscar the Outcast Transforms to Oscar the Original,” students will take part in some follow-up activities to enhance the learning experience. Here is a story scenario you can use to help teach about the importance of being an advocate for someone who is viewed as being an outcast and loner. Oscar is a middle school student who is viewed as an outcast at his school. No one will sit with him. No one will be his friend. The only ones who talk to him are the bullies who constantly put him down and push him around. Oscar has no idea how to fix or change things for the better. Then one day, a new girl enters his homeroom.
Step 1: Read the story called “Oscar the Outcast Transforms to Oscar the Original.”
Tale Hub for Oscar the Outcast Transforms to Oscar the Original
Story Description: Oscar is a middle school student who is viewed as an outcast at his school. No one will sit with him. No one will be his friend. The only ones who talk to him are the bullies who constantly put him down and push him around. Oscar has no idea how to fix or change things for the better. Then one day, a new girl enters his homeroom.
Step 2: Have class participate in the role-play based on the story called “Oscar the Outcast Transforms to Oscar the Original.”
Basic Needs role-play: Oscar the Outcast Transforms to Oscar the Original
Step 3: Have class participate in discussion questions about this story.
Please note: All discussion questions are built into the story and the scripted role-play.
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