Teaching The Shipping News | 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: 1) Students will receive contextual information that will deepen their appreciation of THE SHIPPING NEWS. 2) Students will respond to the characters of Quoyle and Petal. They will participate in discussion and compose a piece of writing.

1) 1) Teacher mini-lecture.
Using maps, pictures and perhaps a PowerPoint presentation, introduce students to the Island of Newfoundland in Canada. Provide some history. Try to make the place really...
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