UNIT 2: JASPER JONES
Moral Growth and the Shaping of Identity
Statement of Inquiry:
Moral growth expands our perceptions of the world and the people in it.
Key Concept:
PERSPECTIVE
Related concepts:
POINT OF VIEW
STRUCTURE
Global concepts:
IDENTITIES AND RELATIONSHIPS
ORIENTATION IN SPACE AND TIME
Factual Questions: What is an allegory?
Conceptual questions: What shapes Identity?
Debatable questions: Does every story have its own author?
Deep Secrets : a study of “Jasper Jones” the novel and film
“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”
PART A Focusing on the novel.
PART B Focusing on the film (last three weeks of term)
Discussing the differences between prose and film.
Viewing the film
Statement of Inquiry:
Moral growth expands our perceptions of the world and the people in it.
Key Concept:
PERSPECTIVE
Related concepts:
POINT OF VIEW
STRUCTURE
Global concepts:
IDENTITIES AND RELATIONSHIPS
ORIENTATION IN SPACE AND TIME
Factual Questions: What is an allegory?
Conceptual questions: What shapes Identity?
Debatable questions: Does every story have its own author?
Deep Secrets : a study of “Jasper Jones” the novel and film
“The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”
- spoken by Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird
PART A Focusing on the novel.
- What factors influence our moral growth? What kinds of experiences help us learn how to judge right from wrong?
- The Writer : Craig Silvey. How does he frame up the narrative and portray the characters? A close reading of Chapter 1.
- Developing Character profiles for Charlie and Jasper
- The Context : how does the ‘where’ and ‘when’ questions shape the narrative? Investigating the 1960’s
- Experiencing “Prejudice”: A detailed study of one theme in the novel
- Tracking the narrative : Comprehension questions. You need to complete these as you reread the novel
PART B Focusing on the film (last three weeks of term)
Discussing the differences between prose and film.
Viewing the film