Teaching Hoot (novel) | 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: (Chapter 1) Hoot was written by Carl Hiaasen who is a well known writer of adult fiction that is often set in Florida. Most of his writing incorporates aspects of environmental issues set in Florida, and Hoot is his first attempt at young adult fiction. This book received the Newberry Award. The object of this lesson is to study the life of the author...
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