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Lesson 1 (from Chapters 1 - 3)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is for students to explore the physical setting of the novel. Students will identify and analyze elements from the first three chapters in order to understand how Wyndham depicts a society that is both similar to and different from their own.
The Chrysalids takes place in the future, after a nuclear war has devastated the world as we know it. In the first three chapters of the novel, Wyndham introduces the reader to a society that has adapted to the post-nuclear world. This settlement, known as Waknuk, is both similar to and different from our own.
Lesson
Class Discussion: What did you think of Waknuk as you read the first three chapters? What is Waknuk like? Although this novel is set in the future, are there any aspects of Waknuk that you can connect to modern society? What aspects of Waknuk...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.2, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.2, 11-12.3, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.1, 9-10.4, 9-10.5, 11-12.1, 11-12.4, 11-12.5
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