Cold Sassy Tree | 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 One - Two Abstract

* Grandpa Blakeslee asks Will to get his mother and his aunt and bring them to the store so he can make his announcement.
* His big announcement is that he is going to marry Love Simpson, the milliner in his store.

Chapter Three Abstract

* Loma and Mary...
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