Teaching Soul Catcher | 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: Section 1 This section begins disjointedly with a curious method of storytelling. The author uses newspaper clippings, interviews, press conferences, and notes from the kidnapper to begin the story. The objective of this lesson is to figure out the author's purpose in using this method and how it adds or takes away from the storytelling.

1) 1.) Group discussion: Split the class into three...
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