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The Long Way Back — Mikhail Volkov left Sorokino twenty years ago and made the journey from the provincial town sixteen times before that, and he knows every mile of it — which is why he knows, when the blizzard comes in from the north a mile from the village, exactly how far he has left to go and exactly what the weather behind him means. The story is about what a man carries back to the place he left, and whether the place he finds is the one he left.
Each packet includes:
Original classical short story (complete text)
Notes on historical setting and literary tradition
Narration prompts (oral and written)
Comprehension questions — literal and inferential
Vocabulary exercises
Character Constellation graphic organizer (including Character Change Axis)
Story Arc study (five movements, with attention to subtler turning points)
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