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Lesson 1 (from Chapters 1 and 2)

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 objective of this lesson is to look at setting.

Lesson

1. Homework. Students will rewrite the basic plot of "An Abundance of Katherines" and set it in another era, explaining how the different setting changes the work. For example, what would be different if it was set in the 1940's?

2. Class discussion. Could "An Abundance of Katherines" have been set anywhere? How does the setting make this a unique story? How do the people in Tennessee differ from the students' hometown? How are they similar? What does Colin learn about the difference between rural and urban America? How did the setting affect the characters? The plot? The themes? Why is the setting important?

3. Group...

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