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A teacher's guide for Kindred provides instructors with a wealth of materials to enrich either a full-class reading or independent study of Octavia E. Butler's popular science fiction novel. The activities are designed to encourage readers to think critically about Butler's purpose in structuring the time-traveling novel as a first-person slave narrative.
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Instructional Ideas
- Use the novel as a opportunity to discuss the in medias res approach Butler uses
Classroom Considerations
- Requires access to John J. Clayton's essay
- The third lesson requires either computer lab time or individual access to computers with Internet connection
- Assumes readers are familiar with the conventions of slave narratives
Pros
- The 15-page packet includes 10 step-by-step daily plans that indicate the Common Core standards addressed, journal prompts, and discussion questions, and a list of final writing assessment options
Cons
- No rubric for the writing assessment is included