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Objective

Setting. "Jumping the Nail" takes place in La Paloma, California in the present time.

The objective of this lesson is to look at setting.

Lesson

1. Homework. Students will rewrite the basic plot of "Jumping the Nail" and set it in a different era, explaining how the different setting changes the work. For example, what would be different if it was set in the 1950's?

2. Class discussion. Could "Jumping the Nail" have been set anywhere? How does the setting make this a unique story? How do the people in La Paloma differ from the students' hometown? How did the setting affect the characters? The plot? 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 Dru's life would have been different set in another time or place.

4. Class work. Students will...

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