{"id":9020,"date":"2023-12-30T15:59:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T23:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/?p=9020"},"modified":"2024-11-27T18:19:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T02:19:43","slug":"preparing-for-the-2024-chapter-a-day-read-along-the-chronicles-of-narnia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/preparing-for-the-2024-chapter-a-day-read-along-the-chronicles-of-narnia","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for the 2024 Chapter-a-Day Read-along: The Chronicles of Narnia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9033\" src=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Narnia-Banner3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Narnia-Banner3.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Narnia-Banner3-300x191.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Narnia-Banner3-500x318.jpg 500w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Narnia-Banner3-768x488.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/announcing-the-2024-fantasy-classics-chapter-a-day-read-along\">2024 Fantasy Classics Chapter-a-Day Read-along<\/a> begins in just a couple of days and it\u2019s time to get ready to enter our first fantastical world, the enchanted land of Narnia. I hope you&#8217;ve been able to track down a copy of <em>The Chronicles of Narnia<\/em> either in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Gs9COE\">single volume edition<\/a> or as a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3R8i4rb\">box set of individual books<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Our journey to Narnia begins with <em>The Magician&#8217;s Nephew<\/em>, a prelude to the series that unveils the origins of Narnia and sets the stage for the rest of the series. As we read chapter by chapter each day together, I encourage you to not only appreciate in the magic of Lewis&#8217; storytelling, but also to explore the layers of Christian symbolism woven throughout the narrative.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8984\" src=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/narnia-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/narnia-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/narnia-500x750.jpg 500w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/narnia-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/narnia.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>If you are reading along with children, you might like this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/files.harpercollins.com\/PDF\/TeachingGuides\/0064409422.pdf\">Chronicles of Narnia Classroom Activity Guide from HarperCollins<\/a>. It has background information, discussion questions, and suggested activities for each book.<\/p>\n<h4>The Unique Reading Schedule for The Chronicles of Narnia<\/h4>\n<p>Remember that in order to fit all our books in this year, we will be reading <strong>the first two chapters<\/strong> of <em>The Magician&#8217;s Nephew<\/em> on January 1st. This will also happen with the next four books of the Narnia series. It&#8217;s easy to stay on schedule by using the <a href=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Nicks-2024-Fantasy-Classics-Chapter-a-Day-Reading-Schedule-From-Nick-Senger-@-onecatholiclife.com_.pdf\">2024 Fantasy Classics Chapter-a-Day Reading Schedule<\/a>. But remember, if you get behind or ahead, no worries!<\/p>\n<p>Also, I will be posting a quote each day from the current chapter on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/fantasyreadalong\/\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/fantasyreadalong\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23fantasyreadalong&amp;src=recent_search_click&amp;f=live\">X (formerly known as Twitter)<\/a> using the hashtag #FantasyReadalong. I invite you to do the same!<\/p>\n<h4>Discussion Prompts<\/h4>\n<p>Always feel free to leave comments on any read-along posts. Post your reactions, ask questions, and\/or respond to other comments. Remember, no spoilers!<\/p>\n<p>To get the discussion started, here are a couple of questions for you to consider as we prepare to begin:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>What draws you to fantasy literature or what prevents you from reading more fantasy literature?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Before diving into the book, what do you know about C.S. Lewis as an author? Have you read any of his other works, and if so, how do you expect <em>The Magician&#8217;s Nephew<\/em> to compare?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Share thoughts by commenting on any of those questions, and then get ready to grab your copy of <em>The Magician&#8217;s Nephew<\/em> and start our journey together on January 1st!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 Fantasy Classics Chapter-a-Day Read-along begins in just a couple of days and it\u2019s time to get ready to enter our first fantastical world, the enchanted land of Narnia. 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Our journey to Narnia begins with The Magician&#8217;s Nephew, a prelude to the series that unveils the origins of Narnia and sets the stage for the rest of the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Preparing for the 2024 Chapter-a-Day Read-along: The Chronicles of Narnia #fantasyreadalong #narnia","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,1219],"tags":[1201,223,355,1206],"class_list":["post-9020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","category-chapter-a-day-read-along","tag-2024-chapter-a-day-read-along","tag-c-s-lewis","tag-narnia","tag-the-magicians-nephew"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Narnia-Banner3.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pOucj-2lu","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9020"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9041,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9020\/revisions\/9041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}