CHAPTER 1. SKELLIG

WORKING ON CHAPTER 1 IN CLASS:

A) Read the first three paragraphs of the book and discuss the following questions.

1. What have you found out about the narrator? Try and think of at least three things.

2. How would you describe the garage? Think of some interesting words that would convey the state of the garage to the reader.

3. What do you think the narrator has found in the garage? What are the other possibilities?

4. What is the book going to be about? Remember it can be about more than one topic. What clues are we given in the first three chapters.

5. Do you think you are going to like or dislike this book?

B) In YOUR Literacy NOTEBOOK, in the Book Club section, please, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AFTER YOU HAVE READ CHAPTER 1.

Elements Summary

1. Protagonist (WHO?)
2. Setting: (WHEN? WHERE?)
3. Family Situation:
4. Garage Description:
5. Previous Occupant:
6. Discovery: 
7. Themes:
8. Conclusion: