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Mrs. Penman’s Reading Class : The Outsiders Extra Credit Opportunity: points added on to your final average.

Dress like a Social or a Greaser

Thursday, October 9th, 2014

One point= Dress in the attire of a typical Greaser or Social, as described in the novel and as seen in the movie. Style your hair appropriate to a Greaser or Social. *you can also refer to the movie Grease and reruns of the old tv show Happy Days for ideas. You must look significantly different than your normal ‘look’.

Three Points= Dress as described above and act out a one to two minute scene from the novel, complete with dialogue and appropriate dress and small props. Your lines must be memorized. Should be at least one minute, but no more than 2 minutes long.

IDEAS:

Social Boy: would wear pants, probably would be tan/khaki/grey, a shirt with a collar or a madras print shirt with collar, shorter hair brushed to the side, maybe a sweater over the collared shirt , or sweater worn tied over shoulders, football or sports ‘letter’ type jacket, rings, a clean-cut, ‘rich’ look, dress shoes if you have them(not sneakers), maybe you would have keys to a mustang or a nice sportscar….etc.

Social Girls: skirt, possibly plaid print, conservative shirt or sweater, pearls, hair worn up in a ponytail with a ribbon or bow; or hair could be worn down with a headband, you might wear the sweater tied over your shoulders, heels or little white socks with flat shoes, small earrings,….basically a ‘preppy’ look…..

Greaser Boys: Hair slicked back with hair gel, tighter jeans, converse sneaker or black boots, tighter fitting t-shirt, maybe sleeves rolled up, t-shirt should be white or black, jean jacket or cut off jean vest, black leather jacket, you may have some scars to make you look ‘tuff’, maybe a fake tattoo…….

Greaser Girls: This is a tough one since the Greaser Girls weren’t really featured in the novel, my assumption would be: dark skinny pants or jeans or capris, high heels, scarf tied around neck, harsh/strong makeup, big earrings, white t-shirt, jean jacket or jean vest, or black leather jacket, basically dressed in all black/white, looking tough, (they did look a little ‘trashy’---but we must be appropriate for school)