Daily Lessons for Teaching Rocket to the Moon

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 Rocket to the Moon, setting plays a major part in creating the mood, developing conflict and telling the story. This lesson will focus on the importance of setting in Rocket to the Moon and how it helps create conflict between the characters.

1) 1. Class discussion: In what city is Rocket to the Moon set? Is this an easy city for the characters to live...
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