First person in That Eye, the Sky
Lesson pack
First person in That Eye, the Sky
6 lessons
- Purpose
- Use first person narration to add tension and emotional complexity to a simple plot.
- Description
- In this course, we model key passages in the opening chapter of Tim Winton's novel, That Eye, the Sky. In this chapter, the narrator watches his father drive to work and then waits for him to return, becoming increasingly afraid that something bad has happened. This course explores key features of first person narrative including limited point of view, internal commentary, and the blending of physical description with emotion and belief. Each lesson models a passage from the chapter, sketching an overall story arc. The language devices are relatively sophisticated, so this course would suit a young adult audience (grades 10-12) or older.
- Tags
- First person, Growing up, Foreshadowing
- Lessons in this pack
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LessonFirst person in That Eye, the Sky 1: Saying goodbyeLessonFirst person in That Eye, the Sky 2: Summarising the charactersLessonFirst person in That Eye, the Sky 3: Sounds of the nightLessonFirst person in That Eye, the Sky 4: Increasing the tensionLessonFirst person in That Eye, the Sky 5: Racing to the sceneLessonFirst person in That Eye, the Sky 6: The bad event