Daily Lessons for Teaching The Secret Sharer

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 introduces us to an unnamed captain aboard an unnamed ship beginning a new journey as captain for the first time. The objective of this lesson is to discuss the main character and his attributes in order to gain a better understanding of the person the author is presenting.

1) 1. For class discussion: Who is the story's main character? What do...
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