Daily Lessons for Teaching On Chesil Beach

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 180 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Daily Lessons for Teaching On Chesil Beach

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 180 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Lesson 1 (from Chapter One)

Objective

Students will analyze how an author brings together elements within the exposition stage of a plot arc to set up a complex world that will serve multiple functions as the novel progresses.

Plot development is an incredibly important and multifaceted element of any novel, and Ian McEwan's novella On Chesil Beach is no exception. In particular, the exposition stage of the plot arc in a novella must be effective in getting across to the reader an array of different characters, their personalities, their habits, their quirks, and any other information useful to setting up the world imagined by the author, all within a lesser number of pages. In addition, an author's effective use of the exposition phase is crucial to setting up major themes of the work, in this case laying the framework for theme inclusions such as secrecy, shame, missed opportunities, and fate. By analyzing...

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