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Lesson 1 (from Chapter 1)
Objective
This lesson introduces students to Barbara Kingsolver’s novel Unsheltered. Students will research the author, read the beginning of Chapter 1, and identify and discuss the narrative style of the work. Unsheltered follows two storylines: one set in the present and one set in the 1870s. In Chapter 1, we are introduced to the contemporary timeline, related from the perspective of a limited, third-person narrator in the past tense, with focus on the thoughts and actions of protagonist Willa Knox.
Lesson
Group Activity: Assign students to groups of 3-4 each. As a group, read the first half of Chapter 1 (pages 1 through the top of 18). Following the reading, discuss what has been established regarding the main character of the story and how the story is told. What is the relationship between the narrator and the main character?
Class Discussion: As a class, define and discuss the following terms: narrative...
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.9-10.8, 11-12.8
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