Daily Lessons for Teaching Jonathan Livingston Seagull

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: One of the biggest themes in this story is the idea of the meaning of life. Today's objective is to discuss this very question, both in relation to the story thus far, as well as to the world today and the students' experience of the world.

1) 1. Have each student decide whether they believe there is actually one meaning of life. Have students...
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