Teaching The Hot Zone | 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: Part 1, Chapter 1 Something in the Forest | Part 1, Chapter 2 Jumper Writers use description and detail to draw a reader into a story. Richard Preston uses detail to build anticipation and a sense of dread throughout the book. The objective of this lesson is for students to be able to identify the uses of detail in the book and understand how Preston uses it...
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