Teacher Guide

Salt to the Sea Lesson Plan

Study Objectives

If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:

  1. 1

    Analyze the development of the characters, their motivations, and their relationships over the course of the novel.

  2. 2

    Consider the novel as a work of historical fiction and discuss elements unique to this genre of storytelling.

  3. 3

    Analyze the novel's use of point of view as a crucial craft element.

  4. 4

    Research the time period and geographic locations in which the novel is set in order to place it in historical context.

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