Prentice Alvin 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 1, The Overseer Abstract

* It is the year 1810, in an alternate American frontier where each race is gifted with a different kind of magic.
* Cavil Planter is a God-fearing man who owns a plantation in the northern region of the Appalachee.
* Cavil always tries to obey God, and each...
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