Can you find the themes from Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea in other books? What about picture books? Compare the novel to a picture book with a lesson about making predictions and finding textual evidence.

Concepts

the old man and the sea, ernest hemingway, making predictions, textual evidence

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have kids work on the activity in pairs or small reading groups, and share out when they finish
• Encourage learners to find additional books, poems, or songs with the same themes and concepts
• Prompt kids to write about a time when they wanted something beloved and couldn't get it, or lost it

Classroom Considerations

• Lesson uses Toy Boat by Randall de Seve and Loren Long, but if you don't have the book, you can substitute with another picture book with similar themes or concepts
• Lesson is written by a student teacher, so many of the steps are over-explained for emphasis

Pros

• Prompts kids to make predictions as they read, as well as how to compare similar themes across multiple works

Cons

• Much of the lesson is based on discussion, without strong assessment opportunities

Common Core

RL.9-10.1 RL.9-10.2 RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.2