Daily Lessons for Teaching The Water Is Wide

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 Water is Wide is told from the point of view of Pat Conroy, who makes the unusual choice to teach on the predominantly African American island of Yamacraw. This lesson will help the reader analyze Pat Conroy to better understand his point of view.

1) 1. Class discussion: What is the social climate at the beginning of The Water is Wide? How is Pat Conroy...
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