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Lesson 1 (from Prologue, Losses Sustained; Chapter I, Piebalds; Chapter II, Chade's Servant)

Objective

Setting. This story is a fantasy set in an imaginary world.

The objective of this lesson is to examine setting.

Lesson

1. Homework. Students will rewrite the basic plot of this play and set it in another century, explaining how the different setting changes the work.

2. Class discussion. Could this book had been set anywhere? How does the setting make this a unique story? How do the people in this world differ from the world in this book? 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 might be similar and discuss the ways in which Fitz's life would have been different set on earth.

4. Class work. Students will write a short paper on how the town in which they reside currently and attend school, has shaped their lives.

Lesson 2 (from Prologue, Losses Sustained; Chapter I, Piebalds; Chapter II, Chade's Servant)

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