A Wrinkle in Time | Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Chapter 1 Abstract

* Meg wakes up in the middle of a dark and stormy night thinking of how her life is all wrong.
* Meg thinks about sticking up for Charles Wallace when someone calls him her dumb baby brother.
* Meg thinks briefly about her father but stops because only her...
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