Up a Road Slowly | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Aunt Cordelia's House - This is huge and open, with white columns, a veranda spanning the front, and some brick steps leading into a curved pathway to the gate near the road.

Cathedral of Four Silver Birches - This is Julie's private place, formed from a cluster of four silver birch trees, whose intertwining branches create a roof.

Peter the Great - He is the huge farm horse which Julie rides during her stay at Aunt Cordelia's house.

Uncle Haskell's Carriage House - This is where Uncle Haskell lives apart from the big...
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