#30 "Nothing Gold Can Stay" + The Outsiders

Nature’s first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf’s a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

• Robert Frost

Directions: Write a TT/EAT/EAT informative paragraph in response to the following prompt:

• How does the meaning of Robert Frost’s poem, “Nothing Gold Can Stay” apply to the characters in The Outsiders, Chapter 5?

Refer to the TTEAT and CAPRIDE handout and SCAFFOLDING SLIDE (optional) for help.

A topic sentence starter has been provided for you. Use TWO pieces of text evidence - one from the novel and one from the poem - to create a TT/EAT/EAT paragraph. Remember, this is like an ICEECEE paragraph that you did in 7th grade. It is a paragraph that contains two pieces of text evidence with analysis.