Exploring Literature A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle Objectives: • To help teachers introduce students with a range of reading abilities to fine literature. Kreuser • To reinforce reading skills such as recalling details, understanding the main idea, comparing/contrasting, sequencing, understanding cause/ effect relationships, drawing conclusions, and predicting. • To introduce students to the elements of fiction, including setting, Cover Art and Illustrations characterization, plot, point of view, and theme. • To expose students to the skill of analyzing a novel through class Lee Brubaker discussion.
• To provide teachers with a complete kit of class room-tested skills Editor pages, comprehension and vocabulary worksheets, and tests. The kit Jacqueline I. Gross includes a chapter-by-chapter list of points for discussion, as well as a brief analysis of the elements of the novel. The accessibility of these materials will save teachers hours of preparation time.
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In Chapter 9, these elements are expanded in the discussions among Calvin, Meg, Charles Wallace, and Father of the possibility that Charles has been “bewitched.” Talk now about ways in which students have seen aspects of science fiction, fantasy, fairy tale, myth, and fable. Note, for example, the fact that “tessering” is a part of both magic/fantasy and science fiction; the presence of the Happy Medium; the fact that the “three W’s” are, in their witch’s garb, part of fairy tale and, in their true form, mythologically-based creatures; and the children’s mission to help good overcome evil, a theme that appears often in the morals of fables. Ask students to consider the ways in which A Wrinkle in Time calls upon these traditions as they read Chapter 9. Reading Assignment Chapter 9 Study Guide Skill: Understanding the Main Idea © Milliken Publishing Company 33 A Wrinkle in Time/MP3175