Teaching Out of the Silent Planet | 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: In this chapter we meet the three main human characters, Weston, Devine and Ransom. The interplay between characters, their emotions, and beliefs are a major aspect of any novel. The objective in the following exercises is to look at characters and how they interact. What makes a character interesting? Boring? Real? We'll look at these questions and more.

1) 1. Choose one of the three...
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