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Lesson 1 (from Chapters 1 - 7)
Objective
This lesson introduces students to Phil Stamper’s young adult novel The Gravity of Us. Students will research the author, read Chapter 1, and analyze the narrative style of the novel. The narrative of The Gravity of Us comes from the first-person perspective of the novel’s protagonist, 17-year-old social media influencer and amateur journalist, Cal Lewis.
Lesson
Group Activity: Assign students to groups of 3-4 each. As a group, read Chapter 1 of the novel and discuss the information that has been related. Who are the main characters that have been established? What are the circumstances surrounding these characters as the story begins?
Class Discussion: As a class, define and discuss the following terms: narrative point of view, omniscient versus limited narrators, reliable versus unreliable narrators, and narrative tense. Is the narrator of The Gravity of Us involved in the action of the story? Where is Cal...
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
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.1, 9-10.8, 11-12.1, 11-12.8
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