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Lesson 1 (from Part I (Pages 1 - 90))
Objective
The objective of this Daily Lesson is for students to analyze Winman's development of Evelyn's character in Part I through her dialogue with Margaret and Ulysses. In this section at the opening of the novel, the reader learns that Evelyn is a highly educated, middle-class, somewhat subversive, and very non-traditional woman of middle age. Evelyn is brave and passionate about art and art history and does not have much patience for pettiness and jealousy like she encounters from Margaret, who she once had a brief love affair with.
Lesson
Class Discussion: What is Evelyn's background? What is Winman's main avenue, method, and/or technique of developing Evelyn's character in Part I? How does Margaret's personality and dialogue help the reader understand more about Evelyn?
Small Group Activity: Divide the class into small groups and ask each group of students to create a list titled "Evelyn's Character...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.2, 9-10.3, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.2, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.1(e), 11-12.1(e)
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