Teaching Cosmicomics | 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: In "The Distance of the Moon," two types of attraction are portrayed and contrasted, personal romantic attraction and gravitational attraction. The objective of this lesson is to examine the story's portrayal of attraction.

1) 1) Write the word "attraction" on the board. Ask the students to brainstorm ideas and concepts related to the word "attraction." As students come up with ideas, write them on the board....
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