(3-4 hours) Jasper Jones: Narrative Form, Voice and Genre NOVEL STUDY

If you’re trying to get your lower to mixed ability students to think more critically about the author’s purpose and intentions, this is the resource for you!

This is a PPT that was originally designed for the remote learning space and is therefore incredibly easy to navigate. Though simple to execute, it is packed with insightful points to consider and plenty of teacher notes to help you along the way too!

These slides track through:

1. Bildungsroman and the Southern Gothic genre - examples from the text and the significance of this in Silvey’s writing style.

2. the structure of the novel, plot and its significance

3. The reason behind the child narrator/narrative voice.

4. A sample paragraph

There are small tasks throughout the presentation to help consolidate students’ knowledge.

Please note, these slides took my lower to mixed ability class 3 x 1hour lessons to complete, but pacing will depend on your class’ ability.