Teaching The Martian Chronicles | 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: January 1999: Rocket Summer The students will be able to identify and use descriptive language.

1) Possible Activities:
* Have the students look through this chapter to locate specific examples of descriptive language (i.e. how the Ohio landscape is before the rocket launches and then how it changes after the rocket launches) . Have them share these with the class and be prepared to explain...
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