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Lesson 1 (from Chapters 1 - 6)
Objective
This lesson introduces students to Chang-Rae Lee’s Bildungsroman, My Year Abroad. Students will research the author, read Chapter 1, and analyze the novel’s narrative style and genre. My Year Abroad is narrated from the first-person perspective of its protagonist, 20-year-old Tiller Bardmon. When the reader meets Tiller, he is living in a nondescript American city which he refers to as “Stagno,” with his older girlfriend and her son from a previous marriage.
Lesson
Group Activity: Assign students to groups of 3-4 each. As a group, read Chapter 1 and discuss what has been related to the reader. How old is Tiller? Where does he live? What does his tone of writing make you think of him? Do you relate to this character? Why or why not?
Class Discussion: As a class, define and discuss the following terms: narrative point of view, omniscient versus limited narrators, reliable...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.5, 9-10.10, 11-12.3, 11-12.5, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.1, 9-10.7, 11-12.1, 11-12.7
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