Lesson 1 (from Front Matter and Saturday, 2nd June, to Chapter Ten)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to understand a genre to which The Magician belongs—young adult (YA) literature. How and where a novel fits influences how it is understood by its readers, as well as what readers it is likely to reach; readers interested in YA might pick it up, while those who scorn such works might never read Scott’s novel.
Lesson
Class Discussion: When you go to a bookstore, online or in person, how are the books separated from one another and grouped together? What categories are present? How does a person know which book belongs in what group—or even what the groups are? Where might you find The Magician? Why?
Group Activity: Looking as a class at Chapter One, what features of the text—diction, sentence length, content, figurative language, etc.—seem indicated as appropriate for YA? Guide discussion to identify...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.5, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.3, 11-12.5, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.1, 9-10.2, 11-12.1, 11-12.2
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