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Lesson 1 (from Prologue: "Little Muddy" - Chapter 2: "Blackbirds")
Objective
Delicious Foods is an award-winning novel by James Hannaham. This epic novel about modern-day slavery opens with a Prologue that takes place after the events of much of the novel itself. In the Prologue: “Little Muddy,” the reader is introduced to 17-year-old Eddie Harrison as he flees Delicious Foods farm in a stolen Subaru. Eddie has had his hands severed off and his mother has stopped the bleeding with rubber cords. In this lesson, students will research author James Hannaham, analyze the characters of Eddie and Bethella, examine the settings of Houston and St. Cloud, and discuss the narrative style of the prologue.
Lesson
Research Activity: Conduct independent research on author James Hannaham and the publication of Delicious Foods. How well was the novel received critically? What awards has it won? What other works has the author written?
Group Assignment: Assign students to groups of 3-...
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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