Morton Rhue - The Wave - Context & Background (Ron Jones Newspaper Article)

This handout focuses on the ‘real-life’ ‘The Wave’ teacher Ron Jones, whose classroom experiment inspired Morton Rhue’s novel ‘The Wave’.

The handout includes an article and interview with Jones, who looks back at the experiment and the aftermath of it all, including Morton Rhue’s novel fictionalisation.

The worksheet includes:

1. An edited version of the original article by the San Francisco Chronicle

2. Comprehension questions and activities that accompany the article and allow for pair-work or group-work approach to teaching the real-life, historical context of the novel.