Teaching Materials

For students aged 13+ years

Essay Questions & Complete Companion Guide to the Novel

“Blue Rose Red” is a young adult fiction novel, written from a psychology-based perspective, that has a main aim to support teenagers with issues including: 1. Consent/non-consent 2. Sexual grooming 3. Love and autism 4. Gay rights and acceptance 5. School culture and bullying.

The book was written by a gay, autistic woman who has her Honors in Psychology. “Blue Rose Red” is available for purchase as an eBook or paperback copy from Amazon.

To accompany the book “Blue Rose Red” a detailed lesson plan is provided.

Contents: 6 Essay questions, Introduction and Vocabulary List, Chapter Summaries, Symbolism examples from the text, Quotes and examples of consent and non-consent, traits of autism, acceptance/non acceptance of diversity, healthy relationships, Bullying, plus extension activities.

This Lesson Plan has 6 thought provoking essay topics related to the central themes, and a complete answer guide is included. The Lesson Plan can be differentiated by the amount of scaffolding provided from the answer guide. Another differentiation strategy could be that instead of some students doing the essay questions, they could do the scenarios for 9 years to 12 years.