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Chapters 1-6

· The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Mafi, Tahereh. A Very Large Expanse of Sea. HarperCollins, 2018. Hardcover.

· In Chapter 1, Shirin’s family is always moving, “always for the better, always to make [their] lives better, whatever” (1).

· She is a sophomore in high school and has attended so many elementary and middle schools that she cannot remember their names.

· She is starting her third high school in two years.

· She is always angry, but she says nothing because she is worried that her anger will erupt and rip her in half.

· Shirin is used to being ignored and avoids looking at people because they tend to “nearly always [say] something offensive or stupid or both” (2).

· She finds it easiest to pretend the other students do not exist.

· She has trouble finding her AP English class and is late.

· The teacher mispronounces...

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