Lesson 1 (from Chapters 1-6)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to examine how Maas presents background information and how backstories are used in Chapters 1-6 of A Court of Thorns and Roses. Authors have many different ways to communicate what has happened to characters in the past. Maas uses Feyre's thoughts to share information about Feyre's past.
Lesson
Class Discussion: How does Maas show that Feyre's family has not always been poor? How are Feyre's thoughts use to explain the life she and her family lead and the relationships between family members? How do these backstories help readers understand Feyre and her family and the contrast between the life they lead and the life they used to have? How is information about the faeries and Prythian revealed? How does Maas explain the troubled relationship between faeries and humans? How are Feyre's thoughts and the conversations on market day use to...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.10, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.7, 11-12.7
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