Teaching Ringworld | 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: Chapter 1, Louis Wu The Ringworld is a science fiction novel that takes place many years in the future on a planet known as Ringworld. The objective of this lesson is to introduce the students to the genre of Science fiction literature and give them an idea of what to expect in this novel as a work of science fiction.

1) 1. Small groups: Ask the...
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