Teaching Children of the Sea | 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: His Narrative - In this section, the male narrator reveals the setting, purpose, and feelings towards his voyage. He also delves deep into memory and emotion as he mixes present, past, and future in a tone of deep longing and sadness. This lesson will discuss the nature of the narrator's journey along with his past.

1) 1.) Group or partner discussion: Get into...
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