Teaching Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life [Edited by George Woodcock] | 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, pp. 1-20 "Typee" begins aboard a ship, far from land and any nation. This lesson discusses the oceanic and exotic setting of "Typee".

1) 1. Setting: Ask students to work together in small groups to describe the significance of the ocean as a setting. What does the oceanic setting mean for the characters? What associations does it have for the reader? (read more)