Lesson 1 (from Chapter 1)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to examine foreshadowing and how the author uses foreshadowing to create suspense. At the beginning of Chapter 1, foreshadowing is used to indicate that things are about to change for Jason. As Jason describes his life and how he is enjoying it, he makes a comment that he never realized at the time that he could lose it all.
Lesson
Class Discussion: Even as Jason describes family night and the pleasure he enjoys being with his family, what sense is there that things are going to change? What does Jason imagine happening to himself and to his family? How does this foreshadow the idea that Jason does not believe that he will survive this encounter? How is foreshadowing used to show what might have happened if Jason and Daniela had not had Charlie? What does the kidnapper seem to be saying...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.3(d), 9-10.7, 11-12.3(d), 11-12.7
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