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Lesson 1 (from Belinda. Volume 1, Chapters 1 and 2: Characters and Masks)

Objective

At the beginning of the book there are notes about the author and a page titled "A Chronology of Maria Edgeworth." The objective of this lesson is to discuss the impact of an author on a literary work and on the reader.

Lesson

1. For class discussion: Ask students if they've heard of this author prior to reading this book. Ask if students pay attention to the author's name when choosing a book? Make students aware of name recognition in marketing and point out that readers expect different things from different authors.

2. For class work: Have a students make a list of five modern-day authors and five authors who released work at least a century ago. For each, ask the class to say what they'd expect from that particular author.

3. For homework: Have students write an essay bout Maria Edgeworth using sources other than the book. The...

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