Craig Silvey's Jasper Jones THEMATIC STUDY: Racism and Prejudice Novel study

Are you trying to get your students to think and write critically about the novel, instead of simply writing out summaries of the text?

This lesson might just be what you are looking for!!

In my class, I prioritise analysis, textual integrity and the composer’s purpose and I’ve spent HOURS carefully backward mapping the ideal essay, so you don’t have to!!!

Jasper Jones is a wonderful but lengthy text for some of our students so I’ve hand picked specific extracts to help them (and you) get the most value out of our tight 9~10 week terms.

This is a PPT and worksheet combo and they have been designed to work in conjunction with one another, discussing the key theme of racism and prejudice in the novel, Jasper Jones.

We cover the contextual issues that Silvey was addressing and how his choice of narrative voice and form shape the communicating of these ideas.

Structurally, the slides are shaped by Bloom’s Taxonomy and build students’ understanding until they are able to independently write a paragraph.

Included are 19 informative slides and a full sample paragraph at the end of the lecture.

The contents of this PowerPoint are as follows:

1. links to context

2. Links to genre

3. An opening brainstorm to engage prior knowledge

4. Key excerpts for analysis

5. A writing task

6. Sample ideas

7. Sample paragraph

You are getting 18 slides on PPT and 7 pages on Word.

This took my lower ability Year 10 class 6x 1 hour lessons to get through.

However, these are very flexible resoures and can be used across a spectrum of learners.