Daily Lessons for Teaching The Old Man and the Sea

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: The student will appreciate the literary uniqueness of The Old Man and the Sea.

1) 1. The teacher will be prepared to discuss Hemingway with the class.
2. The teacher will have the students select some of Hemingway's sentences and discuss how they are short and to the point.
3. The teacher will be prepared to discuss the Pulitzer Prize for Literature and...
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