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Lesson 1 (from Part I (Pages 1 - 63))
Objective
The objective of this lesson is for students to analyze Spufford's description of the bombing and its immediate aftermath in the first chapter of this novel. In 1944, a German bomb destroys a Woolworth's department store and the surrounding area, killing scores of people, including the children who become the five main characters in the book. Spufford uses graphic language to describe the bomb itself, its intense destruction, and its aftermath.
Lesson
Class Discussion: When and where does the bombing occur in Chapter 1? What does the bomb do to the Woolworth's and surrounding area? How does Spufford describe the experiences of the bombing victims? How and why does Spufford imagine alternatives to the bombing at the end of this first chapter?
Small Group Activity: Divide the class into small groups and ask each group of students to create a mind map with the word "Bombing" in the...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.3, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.1, 9-10.9, 11-12.1, 11-12.9
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