Provide hands-on activities for practice and mastery. Check for understanding of concepts and skills by using relevant standard materials, i.e. worksheets, text problems, workbooks, teacher prepared exercises, etc.
Chart perspectives; father/son point of view; paper on film/novel.
Objective: To show how each character's perspective changes during the course of the novel, film.
Activity: Quote text to identify the different voices and to discuss the significance of the lines, metaphors, axioms; comparison/contrast paper on novel. In this paper, the students will explore why the screenwriter and director chose to change the perspective in the film based on the following topics: Beth Jarrett: A Problem of Dislike?; Calvin Jarrett: Passive or Active?; The Jarrett Family: a Breakdown in Communication.
Assessment: Grades based on: ability to identify point of view, significance of chosen lines from novel, film; comprehensiveness of exploration in two genres; writing ability.