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Lesson 1 (from Part One)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to understand a genre to which the novel belongs—most notably young adult fiction. How and where a novel fits influences how it is understood by its readers, as well as what readers it is likely to reach.
Lesson
Class Discussion: When you go to a bookstore, online or in person, how are the books separated from one another and grouped together? What categories are present? How does a person know which book belongs in what group—or even what the groups are?
Group Activity: Information on the copyright page for the novel proclaims the Library of Congress classifies the novel as, among others, falling under the Children and Young Adults’ Cataloging Program, indicating that the novel is meant for young readers. Assuming that the publisher and librarians are correct and that the novel is directed towards younger readers, that...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.9, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.1, 9-10.2, 11-12.1, 11-12.2
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