Marcus Yallow, Homeland’s protagonist, is a male. Some words that you might use for inferring meanings include: Explain how readers could use context to infer the meanings of unfamiliar words. Because Marcus is a young adult, some words are specific to young adult culture. I often hear from teachers who want to know if there are any curricular materials they can use in connection with my books, and several of them have shared their own guides with me, but this one stands out as an unusually comprehensive and thoughtful one.īecause communications technologies are central to Homeland‘s plot, the novel contains many tech-oriented words that might be unfamiliar to some readers. I’m immensely grateful to Anderson for his good work here. Neil Anderson from the Association from Media Literacy (which has a great-sounding upcoming conference) has produced an excellent study guide for my novel Homeland (the sequel to Little Brother) - Anderson’s guide encourages critical thinking about politics, literary technique, technology, privacy, surveillance, and history. High-school English study guide for Homeland
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