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CTIvITy .3
opening with Imagery
LearNING STraTeGIeS:
Marking the Text, Discussion Groups, Rereading, Summarizing, Predicting, Substituting, Adding
Literary Terms
Imagery is descriptive or figurative language used to create word pictures in a reader’s mind.
Conflict is a struggle between opposing forces, either internal or external. Common conflicts are man vs. self, man vs. man, man vs. society, and man
vs. nature.
About the Author
Madeleine L’Engle (1918–2007) authored numerous books for children and adults. Her best-known work, A Wrinkle in Time, won the 1963 Newbery Medal for best children’s book of the year. Oddly enough, L’Engle submitted her manuscript for this book to 26 different publishers—all of whom rejected it. The 27th agreed to its publication. L’Engle’s work also included plays and poetry, as well as her autobiography. A Wrinkle in Time is part of a series. Other books in the series are A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time.
Novel
Wrinkle
angular: at sharp angles; not curved
Learning Targets
• Analyze the imagery in a novel excerpt to understand how it reveals the context of the story.
• Revise writing by substituting a different point of view and adding imagery for effect.
Preview
In this activity, you will read an excerpt from a novel and think about how the author uses imagery to set up a scene and conflict.
Setting a Purpose for Reading
• Imagery and detail are the tools authors use to help readers visualize important elements of the story. As you read, underline words and phrases that you can easily picture in your mind.
• Circle unknown words and phrases. Try to determine the meaning of the words by using context clues, word parts, or a dictionary.
INdepeNdeNT
readING LINk
Read and Connect
Examine the opening chapter of your independent reading book and write about how it sets the context for the hero’s challenges. What mood does the author set in the opening of your book? How is it similar or different from the mood that is set in the opening of the passage you will read on the next two pages?
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by Madeleine L’Engle
Excerpt from Chapter 6, “The Happy Medium”
1 Below them the town was laid out in harsh angular patterns. The houses in the outskirts were all exactly alike, small square boxes painted gray. Each had a small, rectangular plot of lawn in front, with a straight line of dull-looking flowers edging the path to the door. Meg had a feeling that if she could count the flowers there would be exactly the same number for each house. In front of all the houses children were playing. Some were skipping rope, some were bouncing balls. Meg felt vaguely that something was wrong with their play. It seemed exactly like children playing around any housing development at home, and yet there was something different about it. She looked at Calvin, and saw that he, too, was puzzled.
2 “Look!” Charles Wallace said suddenly. “They’re skipping and bouncing in rhythm! Everyone’s doing it at exactly the same moment.”
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