Riddley Walker | 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 Abstract

* It is twelve year-old Riddley Walker's naming day.
* Riddley begins the day by killing and spearing what may well be the last boar in Inland.
* On the way home, Riddley and the others with him pass the chard coal burners.
* Riddley tells a story about...
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