| Middle
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| The
Chronicles of Narnia |
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| Understanding
Responsibility -- |
| Week
2 |
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this discussion, students should have completed chapters 6-11 of The
Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. |
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- Divide
students into small groups with one person acting as the recorder. The
groups will discuss the following questions:
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Why did Edmund lie to his family and join the White Witch? |
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Has Edmund been happy at any point in the story? Point out the specific
part of the text that shows that Edmund is happy. |
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- Reconvene
the whole class after about 10 minutes. The recorders will report on
the group's answers. Lead a whole class discussion about the various
responses.
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- Ask the
students if they have noticed any signs that Edmund is changing. Point
out the following two passages from Chapter 11.
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| "Oh
don't, don't, please don't," shouted Edmund, but even while he
was shouting she had waved her wand and instantly where the merry
party had been there were only statues of creatures.... And Edmund
for the first time in this story felt sorry for someone besides himself." |
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| "All
round them though out of sight, there were streams, chattering, murmuring,
bubbling, splashing and even (in the distance) roaring. And his heart
gave a great leap (though he hardly knew why) when he realized the
frost was over." |
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- Ask the
students to consider what they know about Aslan at this point of the
story. Remind them of Mr. Beaver's first mention of Aslan:
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| "Aslan?"
said Mr. Beaver, "Why, don't you know? He's the King. He's the
Lord of the whole wood, but not often here, you understand. Never
in my time of my father's time. But the word has reached us that he
has come back. He is in Narnia at this moment. He'll settle the White
Queen all right. It is he, not you, that will save Mr. Tumnus." |
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- Point
out that this quote reveals that Mr. Beaver has great trust in Aslan.
Tell the students that the good animals of Narnia share in this trust
and that the children, as they interact with Aslan, also come to trust
him. Remind students of the previous week's discussion about the connection
between responsibility and trustworthiness. Ask the students to predict
why Aslan will gain the trust of the children.
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| Copyright
2002 |
| Lesson
created by Deborah Farmer |
| Center
for the Advancement of Ethics and Character |
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