1. Week 2/3
The Outsiders

2. The Greasers Ponyboy Curtis Sodapop Curtis Darry Curtis Johnny Cade
Dally Winston
Two-bit Matthews
Steve Randle

3. Characters
Ponyboy

4. Sodapop

5. Darrel /‘Darry’

6. Dallas Winston

7. Keith ‘Two bit’ Matthews

8. Johnny Cade

9. Steve Randle

10. Greaser character chart
Paste your images of the characters in your book in the form of a tree with Ponyboy in the middle

11. Characterisation in the novel – Ponyboy Curtis
What is directly told to us about Ponyboy’s character?
What is indirectly told to us about Ponyboy’s character?
Complete CHARACTER MAP 2 for Ponyboy Curtis – stick this sheet in!
Traits – examples:
Loyal
Observant
Compassionate
Intelligent
Creative
Shy
Innocent/naïve
Non-confrontational

12. Characterisation
The characters are introduced in this chapter. The narrator tells the reader their ages, appearance, backgrounds, personalities, and things that are important to them in life. Construct a table like this in your workbooks.
In Pairs: Using the table list information about each character (Ponyboy, Darrell, Sodapop, Steve, Two-Bits, Dallas and Johnny)
Your pair will be assigned one character to report on, use the chart to write a brief description (½ a page) about your assigned character. Each pair will then introduce their assigned character to the class.
Character
Age
Appearance
Background
Personality traits
Feelings
Likes/Dislikes

13. Q. What makes them similar or alike?
What do they look like?
Sound like?
Think like?
Do Now Activity
Chapter one of The Outsiders introduces us to the Greasers and Socials. List all the character traits of these two groups. Be sure to use specific words and phrases from the novel.
Greasers VS Socials
Greasers
Socials

14. Greasers VS Socials GREASERS SOCIALS (SOCS) Long greasy hair
From the ‘wrong side’ of town (East Side)
Violent/ trouble making reputation
Low expectations to live up too (a lot of high school drop outs)
Poor/lower middle class
Streetwise
Low academically
Carry blades, prepared to fight
Territorial
Short, neat hair
Rich part of town (West Side)
Smart/High School educated
Snobby
High social expectation
Drive their own cars
Middle class/wealthy families
Like to jump greasers if they are alone

15. Setting: Time and Place
And the SWINGING SIXTIES!

16. Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1965/1966
Political tensions ran high in Olkahoma
In 1961, it was the largest U.S city
The gas stations, dreary streets and housing of the “poor side of town” that the Greaser’s call home.

17. The manicured lawns of upper middle class suburbia where the Socs live.
The theaters drive-ins and burger joints that are common ground.

18. Drive in theatres were the local stomping ground for teenagers and youth as gathering spots.
Cars became important with drive-ins as it became a location to show off your new ride.

19. The 1960’s

20. FASHION
During the 60s, the economic boom that began during the 1950s after the war continued for the most part
Less people needed to or tended to make their own clothes, unless they were poor
The rise of fashion opportunities meant that using clothes as a status symbol was no longer confined to the wealthiest
Fashion now could distinguish between the levels within the middle class, and even the poorest in the United States

21. Hairstyles
Styles like the beehive, bob, new pixie, mop top, afros, vidal Sassoon cut, were all made popular in the 1960s.

22. Music and film
Elvis Presley – American singer and actor is regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century.
The Beatles – an English rock band formed in 1960 – influential act in the rock era.
James Dean – as a teenager himself, he became highly popular with this age group for his films (as a troubled teenager)
Paul Newman – another famous young actor who starred as a young adult in highly successful films

23. 1960’s Slang

24. fuzz
heater
Watch out, the fuzz is after us!
When did you start carrying a heater?
broad
rank
That Kim is one knock-out broad!
That band you like is rank!

25. tuff
hood
A 1967 Mustang is one tuff car.
The hoods cause trouble at night.
cancer stick
Pass me a cancer stick, Johnny.

26. jumped
hacked off
I was hacked off at my parents.
He got jumped by three guys.
pickled
rumble
He got really pickled!
(under the influence)
There was a big rumble at the park.

27. make tracks
the cooler
When did you get out of the cooler?
Hurry, we gotta make tracks. JD
weed
The JD got five months in jail.
I could really use a weed right now.

28. Similarities and differences – 1960s vs 2019

29. Media’s portrayal of identity
Using the magazines, identify the portrayal of people in the media, particularly celebrities. Collect images and stick them onto a pink a4 paper supplied, and include words that define their identity as presented.
Write a short reflection on how the media portrays and controls identity.

30. Read Chapter 2 then continue following activities…

31. Ponyboy activity

32. PONYBOY – Character traits brainstorm
Looks like
Acts like
Sounds like
People say

33. Name poem – Ponyboy
Sample After an extensive winter Pretty tulips Rise from the once Icy ground bringing fresh signs of Life.

34. Comprehension Questions
Chapter Two
Who is the fuzz?
Are the names Ponyboy and Sodapop nicknames? Why or why not?
Who are Cherry and Marcia?
Briefly outline what happens at the Nightly-Double.
Why doesn’t Ponyboy like referring to Sodapop as a ‘drop-out’ (page 29)?
What is Ponyboy comparing Two-Bit to when he calls him a “chessy cat” (p. 34). List two techniques that are being used in this figure of speech.
Describe what happened to Johnny.
Explain the conversation between Cherry and Ponyboy. How do they defy the barriers between them, and what do they learn about eachother’s ‘gang’ affiliations?