The Outsiders Assignment - Tattoo a Character in The Greasers Creative Activity
The Outsiders Assignment - Tattoo a Greaser is a fun way to skip the traditional character analysis for something more creative and engaging! For this assignment, students will choose a Greaser from The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and design two tattoos that they might get. Students will have to explain their reasons with support from the text. This creative assignment requires students to show an understanding of symbolism as the tattoos must relate in some way to the Greaser's personality or a theme that emerges in the novel.
Students love this assignment as it allows them to be creative! It also looks great on display in the classroom or on a bulletin board in your school hallway. You will have lots of people stopping to read the students' work!
Included in The Outsiders Assignment - Tattoo a Greaser:
➡️ The Outsiders Assignment- Tattoo a Greaser: This resource includes a one-page assignment that includes a blank arm and space for text. Students will be required to choose a character from the Greaser gang in The Outsiders and give them two symbolic tattoos. They must also justify their choice with text evidence!
What Teachers Are Saying About The Outsiders Assignment - Tattoo a Greaser:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My students really enjoyed this activity. They were very creative and put a lot of thought into the tattoos/symbolisms connected with the design and the character.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I love this resource! My students came up with such creative ideas for their tattoos. They loved this assignment, and they really impressed me with the symbols they came up with for the characters.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Great resource to reinforce symbolism with my students. The classes did some brainstorming first, and the finished products were beautiful and showed critical thinking.
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