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Lesson 1

Objective

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender is a young adult mystical romance novel by Leslye Walton. The novel's Prologue is written from the first-person point of view of Ava Lavender, and describes how "to many, I was myth incarnate, the embodiment of a most superb legend, a fairy tale. Some considered me a monster, a mutation. To my great misfortune, I was once mistaken for an angel." In this lesson, students will read and discuss the Prologue and will identify the novel’s narrative style.

Lesson

Group Assignment: Assign students to groups of 3-4 each. As a group, read the Prologue of The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender and discuss your thoughts on the introduction to the novel. What information is revealed in the Prologue, and why do you think this information is important to establish at the beginning?

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