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Lesson 1 (from Front Matter through “An Incomplete History of Missoula, Montana”)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to understand a genre to which Great Circle belongs—historical fiction. How and where a novel fits influences how it is understood by its readers, as well as what readers it is likely to reach; readers interested in historical fiction might pick it up, while those who scorn such works might never read Great Circle.
Lesson
Class Discussion: When you go to a bookstore, online or in person, how are the books separated from one another and grouped together? What categories are present? How does a person know which book belongs in what group—or even what the groups are? Where might you find Great Circle? Why?
Group Activity: Looking as a class at the logbook entry with which the novel begins, what features of the text—diction, sentence length, content, figurative language, etc.—seem indicated as appropriate for historical...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.5, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.3, 11-12.5, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.1, 9-10.2, 11-12.1, 11-12.2
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