Daily Lessons for Teaching Haroun and the Sea of Stories

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: The beginning of "Haroun and the Sea of Stories" starts with the protagonist, Haroun, and his family going about their daily lives. The Khalifa family lives in a sad city, a city so sad that it forgot its name. Despite this sad city, Haroun is a happy boy. His father, Rashid, is well known across the land as a great teller of stories. Some call him...
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