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Chapter 1 - 3

· The following version of this book was used to create this lesson plan: Farley, Walter. The Black Stallion. Penguin Random House. New York, 1969.
· The first chapter, “Homeward Bound,” begins on page 1.
· Alec Ramsey is on the steamer Drake leaving India after visiting his Uncle Ralph, a missionary, for two months.
· Uncle Ralph had taught Alec to ride horseback, which Alec knows he will not be able to do back home in New York City.
· Alec holds a pearl pocketknife Uncle Ralph had given him on his birthday telling him, “a knife, Alec, comes in handy sometimes” (2).
· Captain Watson tells Alec he is in for a long ride from India to England on the Drake and then from England to New York aboard the Majestic.
· Alec came over with some of his father’s friends and is returning alone in time for school to begin.
· The captain...

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