If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Explain the cause and effect relationships, re: events and characters, that set the various aspects of the plot in motion.
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Analyze character and how different characteristics and relationships affect the plot and the themes of the story.
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Identify the themes of the book and apply them to the unfolding of the plot, as well as to universal conditions that occur in nearly all times and places.
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Apply the themes of the book, such as justice, violence, governance, and human nature to issues people still deal with today.
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Differentiate between...
