Learning for Monday 27 July 2020

Kia ora koutou
1. Please can each of you email me with a couple of sentences on where you are at with your English work at the moment.  Tell me how far through the novel you are, what you think of it, and how you are getting on with the tasks I have set so far.  If something is not working for you, or you need different/harder/easier work, then tell me that as well.

- this will help me support each of you.  It's tricky supporting you from home, but I really want to make the impact of me being away as small as possible. 

2. By the end of chapter two, we have met all of our key characters.  We know that Charlie is both courageous and utterly scared.  We learn that friendships and books are what give him strength.  We meet his unhappy mum and his thoughtful dad.  We meet the cricket team and we meet Eliza Wishart.  Below, I've taken photos of quotes that I think are significant markers of characters and themes in the novel.  The bottom two images go together to make one quote.  In groups of 2-3 (or alone if you prefer), please look up each of these quotes and decide why each one is significant (or if you are unconvinced by my choice, find a quote that you think is better).  For each quote, analyse what is significant about it.  Zoom into the shortest, most powerful part of the photographed text.  In your analysis, include:

• Whose voice is it?  
• Describe the tone - e.g. admiring, disgusted, curious, confused, triumphant.  What evidence in the text helps you decide on the tone?
• Who or what is being discussed?  What do you learn from the quote?
• Which quote do you think tells us most about racism in Corrigan?  Give an explanation for your choice.
• Which quote tells us most about Charlie's family life?  Give an explanation for your choice.
• For those of you who have gone ahead and read the whole novel, which quote do you think is most powerful for helping us understanding a message in the novel?  Give an explanation for your choice.
• Look up the Puddinhead Wilson.  What do you think intertextuality means?  (Totally okay to look it up, think about the definition you find in relation to Jasper Jones and then write your answer in your own words).