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Lesson 1 (from Chapter I: The Call)
Objective
Students will investigate Donoghue’s purpose in using an epigraph to begin the narrative of Akin and will make predictions about its possible connection to the thematic messages within the text.
The epigraph Emma Donoghue includes prior to Chapter I: The Call, provides two different definitions of the word “akin” (7). The epigraph therefore demonstrates many of the text’s major themes such as family bonds, kinship, and compatibility. Students will study the author's use of an epigraph to open the text and will see how doing so can illuminate the text's meaning, even if they have only just begun to read the work in question.
Lesson
Class Discussion: Why might an author begin a book or a chapter with a quote? What books or movies do you know of that start out with quotes from a different book or movie? What impacts do the quotes in...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.3, 9-10.7, 11-12.3, 11-12.7
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