Lesson 1 (from Part 1: Chapters 1-7)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to discuss the point of view of the novel in Part 1, Chapters 1-7, and how it influences the story. The Blizzard Party is told from the first-person point of view. What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view. Point of view determines how readers view the story and the characters in a story.
Lesson
Class Discussion: Who is telling the story in Part 1, Chapters 1-7? What pronouns are used in these chapters? Is everything that happens told from the narrator's point of view? Does anyone else tell the story? Does Hazel reveal her thoughts as she tells her story? Does the reader know what other characters are thinking? Does Hazel always seem to be the narrator? What other narrator seems to be present? What is the point of view of the novel?
Activity...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.10, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.7, 11-12.7
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