The Old Man and the Sea Lesson Plan

T-Chart, Word Web and Thread

Kind of Activity:

Long-term Project

Objective:

Students will be able to develop active reading strategies and to consider both concrete and abstract ideas in the text.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.9 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.4 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.7

Structure:

Revisit and continue T-Chart, Word Web and Threads as started and continued in previous section activities. Students should now be getting a sense of some original thesis statements that come up as they track their observations of motif and theme.

Ask students to practice writing a thesis statement and following it up with some supportive evidence in no more...