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Front Matter and Orbits -1 through 3

· The following version of this novel was used to create this Lesson Plan: Harvey, Samantha. Orbital. Grove Press, 2023.

· To facilitate study, this Lesson Plan assigns and references chapters as indicated in the novel, by orbit number and phase as given.

· Following publication data and a map, Orbit minus 1 begins with a comment about the togetherness of a spacecraft crew.

· The arrangement of the crew and their surroundings are noted as a new day begins for them.

· The condition of the earth outside is noted, with reference to the geography over which the spacecraft passes and a forming storm below them.

· The time in which the novel is set receives specific attention.

· A new section begins to describe the crew of the spacecraft, remarking on their arrival thereat: “They have each at some point been shot into the sky on a kerosene bomb...

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