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Lesson 1 (from Section 1 Katie pp. 3-12.)

Objective

Setting. Where a play, book or story takes place often affects the characters' personalities and the possibilities for plot. Setting is a usually carefully considered item in an author's set-up for fiction.

The objective of this lesson is to look at setting.

Lesson

1. Homework. Students will rewrite the basic plot of "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas" and set it in another century, explaining how the different setting changes the work. For example, what would be different if it was set in he 1940's?

2. Class discussion. Could Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas have been set anywhere? How does the setting make this a unique story? How do the people in "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas" differ from the students' hometown? How are they similar? 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...

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