Read chapters 1-4
Common Core Objectives
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Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.
Content Summary for Teachers
Chapters 1-2
The novel begins with the first-person narrator, known as V., who is the half-brother of the renowned author, Sebastian Knight. V. starts writing a biography of his recently deceased brother, Sebastian, who was born on December 31, 1899, in St. Petersburg, Russia, during an extremely cold winter, as recorded by an elderly Russian lady...
