Teaching A Wizard of Earthsea | Daily Lessons

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: Ursula LeGuin is a famous feminist science fiction and fantasy writer. The aim of this lesson is to introduce Ursula LeGuin as a person and author.

1) 1) Begin the lesson by asking the students if they know anything about LeGuin. If no one volunteers any information, give a brief overview of her life, writing the information on the board. Divide the students into pairs and assign...
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