Daily Lessons for Teaching Magyk

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: As Silas approaches the Castle, he recalls how it came into existence and where he and his family have settled. The objective of this lesson is to examine how communities are established and how the version in this story compares with reality.

1) 1) Class Discussion: Initiate a class discussion about how the Castle came to be. Why were the walls initially built? How did...
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