Part I (Pages 1 - 32)
• The following version of this book was used to create this lesson plan: Hunt, Laird. Zorrie. Bloomsbury, New York, 2021.
• This book was written in the past tense and from the third person perspective. It is divided into six untitled parts.
• In Part I, Zorrie Underwood was known for decades in her community as a hard worker.
• But now, she was older, and she felt her body slowing down while working every part of her farm in Indiana.
• For the first time in her life, Zorrie sometimes felt the need to take a nap during her workday, and she hated this feeling.
• Zorrie's parents both died within a short time of each other of diphtheria when Zorrie was very young.
• An elderly aunt was Zorrie's only living relative, and she reluctantly took Zorrie in. The aunt, who remains nameless, had had one badly failed marriage...
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