The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader" Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Chapter 1, The Picture in the Bedroom Abstract

* Lucy and Edmund are staying with their aunt and uncle in Cambridge because their father has gotten a job lecturing for sixteen weeks in America.
* Lucy and Edmund are alone in Lucy's bedroom talking about Narnia and a picture that hangs on the wall...
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