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Lesson 1 (from Prologue - Chapter 3)
Objective
This lesson introduces students to Holly Black’s contemporary young adult fantasy novel, The Cruel Prince. Students will read the Prologue and Chapter 1, identify and discuss the narrative style of the novel, and examine the exposition established in these first chapters. The Cruel Prince opens its Prologue with important back-story as to how Jude, her twin sister Taryn, and their elder sister Vivi ended up in the world of Faerie. In the first chapter, the narrative jumps forward ten years to introduce its main narrator and protagonist, Jade Duarte.
Lesson
Group Activity: Assign students to groups of 3-4 each. As a group, read the Prologue Chapter 1 of The Cruel Prince. Discuss with your group members the information that the author establishes in these chapters. Create a list of events that take place in the reading and examine how these events connect to one another.
Class Discussion...
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
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