Incident at Hawk's Hill 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.

Prologue Abstract

* William and Esther MacDonald are a young couple looking for land to farm.
* The MacDonalds set up a family homestead and name it Hawk's Hill.

Chapter 1 Abstract

* William and Esther grow the farm over a few years from a small cabin and small farm plot to a roomy...
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