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Lesson 1 (from Part 1, One)

Objective

Setting. Where a play, book or story takes place often affects the characters' personalities and the possibilities for plot. Setting is a usually carefully considered item in an author's set-up for fiction. The Finkler Question is set in London in the present era.

The objective of this lesson is to look at setting.

Lesson

1. Homework. Students will rewrite the basic plot of The Finkler Question and set it in another century, explaining how the different setting changes the work. For example, what would be different if it was set in the 1800's?

2. Class discussion. Could The Finkler Question have been set anywhere? How does the setting make this a unique story? How do the people in London in this era differ from the students' hometown? How did the setting affect the characters? The plot? The themes? Why is the setting important?

3. Group work. In groups students...

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