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Lesson 1 (from Section 1: Pages 1-58)
Objective
The purpose of this lesson is for students to understand the use of epigraphs in novels and have them analyze what this particular epigraph suggests to the reader.
Authors will use an epigraph in their novel for a variety of purposes: to preface the theme, to suggest the connection in some way between this book and the piece the epigraph is from, and/or to provide a summary of the upcoming novel. Elizabeth Berg lays out the various themes in the novel through the selection of her epigraphs.
Lesson
Class Activity: Give students the definition of epigraph. Give students the print outs of the summary and outline of both Our Town by Thorton Wilder and An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope. Have students analyze what these two pieces have in common.
Individual Activity: Have students read to page 7 in class, then look for places where...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.2, 9-10.10, 11-12.2, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.10, 11-12.10
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