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Lesson 1 (from Prologue-Chapter 5: "The Story of the March")
Objective
Students will conduct an exhaustive analysis of the first line of Lalami’s The Moor's Account and will use the information they uncover to make predictions about the text.
The first line of the novel The Moor’s Account is an intriguing one, inspiring great curiosity and horror within the mind of its reader. The narrator states, “It was the year 934 of the Hegira, the thirtieth year of my life, the fifth year of my bondage--and I was at the edge of the known world” (5). An investigation of the novel's first line and of the famous lines of other novels in the literary canon will deepen students' understanding of the importance of a novel's first line.
Lesson
Class Discussion: What was your reaction when you read the first line of Chapter 1: “The Story of La Florida” in The Moor's Account? For reference, the line is, “It...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.1(c), 11-12.1(c)
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