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Lesson 1 (from Chapters 1 - 20)
Objective
This lesson introduces students to Louis de Bernières’s epic novel Birds Without Wings. Students will research the book and author, read Chapter 1, and analyze the narrative style of the work. This novel, set in the fictional town of Eskibahçe in Anatolia and focused on the waning years of the Ottoman Empire, is related from a number of different perspectives and weaves an expansive and intricate web of characters and points of view.
Lesson
Group Activity: Assign students to groups of 3-4 each. As a group, read Chapter 1. Following the reading, discuss what has been established regarding this character, the setting, and the time period of the novel. Take notes on your discussion.
Class Discussion: As a class, define and discuss the following terms: narrative point of view, omniscient versus limited narrators, reliable versus unreliable narrators, and narrative tense. Is the narrator of Chapter...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.10, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.1, 9-10.7, 9-10.9, 11-12.1, 11-12.7, 11-12.9
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