The Old Man and the Sea is a great introduction to Ernest Hemingway, one of America's classic authors. It is required reading in many classrooms. Its themes of man vs. beast and man vs. self make it a wonderful story to read and discuss.  

Students will read approximately 30 pages at a time on their own time. Each lesson, a new video will discuss the pages that the students have previously read. This class does not meet live. The prerecorded sessions will emphasize characters, their motivations, theme, story plausibility, and inferences about what might come next. 

The video covers the important elements of the week's reading and a corresponding one page worksheet with discussion questions and places for fill-in-the blank answers. The worksheets will also address/remind the students of some of the important topics from each chapter. I also assign a short writing assignment focused around the discussion questions.

Lesson breakdown:
Students will receive a worksheet and discussion questions for each weekly video. There is one weekly writing assignment to complete after the reading. I will post vocabulary words from the weekly reading for the students to use in a sentence that showcases their understanding of the definition. I will also post a link to a themed Kahoot! trivia quiz that the students can use to further immerse themselves in Hemingway's world. Students can share their experience and their scores, or forgo this free, optional resource if they have testing anxiety.