Daily Lessons for Teaching Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel

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 beginning of the book, there are two major disasters that strike Salt Draw and High Lonesome. Discuss the disasters, how the characters handled them and the outcome of each.

1) 1. Salt Draw and High Lonesome were faced by a flash flood and then a tornado. The consequences of the combined natural disasters create chaos and inevitable change for the Casey family. Explore each event...
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