Craig Silvey Jasper Jones Novel THEMATIC STUDY: Public / private identities

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.

These resources take the class through the key theme of public Vs private identities throughout the novel, Jasper Jones. We go through how elements of form, genre and the author’s purpose affect the characterisation of characters within the text.

This is a PPT and worksheet combo!!

Structurally, the slides are shaped by Bloom’s Taxonomy and build students’ understanding until they are able to develop their own ideas.

The slides include warm up activites, sample quotes and sample analysis among other tools.

The PPT contents are as follows:

1. A discussion around the idea itself.

2. The impact of setting

3. Links to genre

4. Key quotes and language devices

5. Strategies and breakdowns of how to analyse quotes.

6. The author’s purpose.

The Worksheet is a scaffolded table with the key extracts already included for you!

You are getting 25 slides and 5 pages on Word. All completely editable. This took my mixed to lower ability class about 3 x 1 hour lessons to get through, but it really depends on your class’ capacity.