Teaching Into the Wild | 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: Author's Note The student will read aloud the Author's Note in class. The student will discuss motivation and explain why Jon Krakauer wrote the book, Into The Wild.

1) 1. Teacher calls on several students to read aloud the Author's Note.
2. Class has a discussion about the meaning of motivation.
3. Students will select passages in the Author's Note that illustrate Jon Krakauer's motivation...
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