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Lesson 1 (from Part I (Pages 1 - 49))
Objective
The objective of this Daily Lesson is for students to analyze McBride's use of metaphor in Part I. Moth repeatedly refers to the car being split in half and herself and her family tumbling out like the insides of a candy bar. Throughout Part I, McBride also delves into the various metaphors surrounding moths themselves - as creatures of change, adaptability, intrigue, and guile.
Lesson
Class Discussion: How does Moth describe her family's car accident to herself? What is unusual about McBride's juxtaposition of the image of a candy bar and the car accident? What aspects of human character and life cycles does McBride explore through her use of the moth as a metaphor?
Small Group Activity: Divide the class into small groups and ask each group of students to go back through Part I and to identify the passages in which McBride makes use of...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.2, 9-10.3, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.2, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
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