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Lesson 1 (from Part 1: The Girl Child (Chapters 1 - 6))
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to analyze the tone of a passage in Part 1: Chapter 1 and understand how it sets the mood for the story. Tone development is the way an author or a director of a literary work reveals the tone of a literary work and the mood of the characters. In the novel, The River and the Source, Margaret Ogola has revealed the tone and mood of the novel through the monologue of a character.
Lesson
1. Class Discussion: Why is tone important in setting the mood for a story? Hoes the opening monologue of grandmother Nyar alego set the tone for the novel? What is the mood created by Nyar Alego's lamentations to were and her dead relatives?
2. Small Group Activity: Divide students into small groups and assign each group the opening monologue of grandmother Nyar Alego from the novel. Have them analyze...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.4, 9-10.10, 11-12.3, 11-12.4, 11-12.10
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