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Lesson 1 (from Pages 1 - 78)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to discuss the point of view on pages 1-78 of The Book of Form and Emptiness. 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: On pages 1-78, is it a challenge to identify the narrators in different sections? Who is telling the story in "A Boy"? How does the narrator address readers? Why is that section written from the second-person point of view? Who is the narrator in the sections titled "The Book"? How is the Book relating what has happened with Benny and his parents? Why are those sections in the third-person point of view? In the sections titled "Benny," who is the narrator? How is the first-person viewpoint used in these sections? How...
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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