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 \n# SUGGESTED DISCUSSION TOPICS FOR EACH LESSON\n\nLesson\\#1:Discuss with students the cruel realities of divorce and help them learn to be sensitive tothose whose parents have gone through a divorce.Be sure to warn the students about the misuse ofGod's name in the first few chapters and let them know that you feel it is unfortunate that the authorhad to use language like that in his book.  \nLesson\\#2:Discuss with students the importance of thinking carefully and deeply when faced withdifficult situations.Use Brian's situation as an example,but ask for others from the students ownexperiences.Give some from your own,and show what a wonderful blessing our minds are.  \nLesson\\#3:Read Romans 8:28 to the class.Discuss Brian's lack of faith and his trust in luck in thelight of this comforting passage for us Christians.Help students realize that God has a purpose forall bad things in our lives,including divorce,or death of a loved one,or losing friendships or movingto a new town.  \nLesson \\#4:Have students predict the theme of this book from what they have read so far.Focustheir attention on what the author wants us to feel as we read.Remind the students to pay attentionto the plot,the sequence of events throughout the rest of the book as the author leads us to theclimax.  \nLesson\\#5:Discuss the characteristics of Brian that have emerged so far in the book,See if thestudents can see how these characteristics shape the way Brian looks at his situation and how hereacts to it.  \nLesson\\#6:Lead a discussion of suicide pointing to as many passages that you can find that talkabout murder and harming one's body.Provide advice for what to do when depressed,and hand out  \nlists of passages to turn to in distressing situations.Show the students that Jesus'love will alwaysbe greater than any depressing situation,and encourage them to encourage others to always turn toJesus in the day of trouble.  \nLesson\\#7:Ask the students what change they have seen in Brian so far in the story.Discuss hisfeelings about being rescued and compare them to what he felt at the beginning of the book.  \nLesson\\#8:Have students give examples of the dangerous situations that Brian experienced so far.Determine which they think would be the worst or most dangerous and which were the most painfuland disastrous.Have students defend the position that these experiences were good for Brian or thatthey were bad for Brian from what they have seen already.  \nLesson\\#9:Discuss the author's choice of the title for this book.Students should recognize thatBrian's attitude about the hatchet his mother gave him changed drastically from the beginning of thebook to the end.Have stude","cbCaic0BSVNMKnK4","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaic0BSVNMKnK4","pdf",1471088,14,"English","# SUGGESTIONS FOR TEACHING\n# SUGGESTED DISCUSSION TOPICS FOR EACH LESSON\n## Lesson #1\n## Lesson #2\n## Lesson #3\n## Lesson #4\n## Lesson #5\n## Lesson #6\n## Lesson #7\n## Lesson #8\n## Lesson #9\n# SUGGESTED PROJECTS\n# A MESSAGE TO THE STUDENTS\n# Reading Assignment #1","[{\"question\":\"How is the nine-lesson teaching unit structured?\",\"answer\":\"It is nine lessons long, and each lesson assigns two or three chapters for reading. 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