Teaching The Lost Boy | 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: The Runaway Students will learn vocabulary associated with the story and develop an interest in reading the story.

1) 1. Concept Chart -- A concept chart is a list of terms from the story with which the students may be unfamiliar. Create the chart using terms such as abuse. Put a line before and after each term. Before discussing the terms, have students rank how...
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