ORAL PRESENTATION ON IDENTITY
You will present your talk on the identity of your Jasper Jones’ character on Wednesday, 3 April. You should come prepared with notes or palm cards (please do not write it out and read from it).
The following are some tips on what to talk about –
- How does your character compare to you?
- How are you positioned by the author to view your character?
- How does point of view affect your reading of your character?
- How would the character be viewed if written from a different point of view ie first person or third person? Give an example of a scene from the book.
- Try this: take a paragraph or two from the novel and re-write it from a different point of view.
- How does the author construct your character?
- How does setting – time and place – affect your character?
- How does the language the author uses affect the identity of the character? For example Charlie and Jeffrey’s conversations.
- How do the ideas in this story relate to your own? We touched on the idea that most of us wouldn’t get involved but just think about that a bit more…if it involved your friends.
- What language does Silvey use to position you in your reading of the characters and also the situation.
- How does Silvey use different language in the text to show different social groups – for example the task you did on making Jasper’s speech more formal.
- Consider context!
You should really build on each question (and your own) to offer a substantial presentation on your character. From this you should be able to write a 2-3 page essay.
Good luck!
Mrs Flannery's Year 12 English Class 