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Lesson 1 (from Part I (Pages 1 - 45))
Objective
The objective of this lesson is for students to analyze the tone Schweblin sets in the first section of Part I - South Bend - in establishing the consequences of a keeper's direct communication with a dweller in a kentuki. In South Bend, Robin, a teenage girl, decides to use a ouija board to communicate with the dweller in her kentuki. When she does establish direct communication with the dweller, she reaps horrifying consequences. The dweller, a complete stranger, reveals the worst and most embarrassing intimate moments from Robin's family from its time in the house, and he or she outright threatens to blackmail Robin and her family. The dweller also reveals embarrassing information about Robin in front of her friends.
Lesson
Class Discussion: Who is Robin? How do Robin and her friends decide to use the kentuki? What happens when the kentuki dweller begins to...
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.9-10.5, 9-10.9, 11-12.5, 11-12.9
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