Lesson 1 (from Chapters 1-8)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to examine finding Karel, and why the incident is an inciting event. An inciting incident is an event in literature that begins the action of a story and presents a question the protagonists and readers want to know the answer to. The inciting incident in The Boy in the Field is finding Karel.
Lesson
Class Discussion: What are Matthew, Zoe, and Duncan doing when they see something in a field? How do they have to get into the field? What do they see as they get closer? How does seeing Karel affect them? How is the scene described? What questions do they have as they get closer? Who touches him? How does Zoe determine that he is still alive? How does finding the boy affect the Lang siblings? How does the event connect them? How does it affect them in...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.10, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.3(e), 9-10.7, 11-12.3(e), 11-12.7
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