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Lesson 1 (from Summary, pg. 1-34)

Objective

Setting. This novel is set during World War II in various parts of the United States.

The objective of this lesson is to look at setting.

Lesson

1. Homework: Students will rewrite the basic plot of Counterattack and set it in another era, explaining how the different setting changes the work. For example, what would be different if it was set in World War I?

2. Class discussion: Could Counterattack have been set anywhere? How does the setting make this a unique story? How do the people in this era differ from the students' hometown? How did the setting affect the characters, the plot, and the themes? Why is the setting important?

3. Group work: In groups, students will research a setting that might be similar and discuss the ways in which Koffler's life would have been different set in another time or place.

4. Class work: Students will write...

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