Abarat Teaching Material The following teaching unit has been constructed by the wonderfully insightful Peggy O'Leary of Kodiak Middle School in Alaska. These materials are available as a resource for all teachers and parents for use in classes or home-schooling. Our huge thanks to Peggy whose own classes know just how special she is! Unit Overview Teacher's notes Student's course outline Crossword with answers Lessons and Activities Lesson 1 - Pre-reading CLOZE from Chapter 3, “Doodle” Lesson 2 - Author’s use of literary devices Lesson 3 - Characterizing the Hero in Literature, Candy Quackenbush: an Epic Heroine? Lesson 4 - Abarat crossword Lesson 5 - Abarat poetry assignment and your poems Review Quiz - Chapters 1 - 16 Lesson 6 - CLOZE #2 from Chapter 20 Lesson 7 - Abarat Alphabet List Lesson 7 - Abarat Alphabet Squares Lesson 8 - Writing about author’s use of literary devices Lesson 9 - Abarat Literary Devices Chart Individual or Team Art Projects Lesson 10 - Writing for the Senses Lesson 11 - Elements of Fiction, Text Connections and Vocabulary Lesson 12 - Themes and Conflicts Writing assignment - Persuasive letter Unit test Additional Student Resources The Beautiful Moment map Literary devices - notes Literary devices - examples Revision notes - quiz Revision notes - test All artwork copyright © Clive Barker, teaching materials © Peggy O'Leary. The Beautiful Moment - Home page | Abarat This page has been created for information and entertainment purposes only. All quotes remain the copyright of the original owners.