Teaching The Long Walk | 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: Chapters 1 and 2 Stephen King wrote "The Long Walk" under the pseudonym of "Richard Bachman." Upon starting the book, readers can tell that this isn't a typical King story. The objective of this lesson is to learn about the author's use of a pseudonym.

1) 1) Class Discussion: What is a pseudonym? Have the class discuss the reasons that authors might use pseudonyms. What might...
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