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Lesson 1 (from Chapter 1-10)

Objective

Chapter 1-10

Deep Black is the story of National Security Agents Tommy Karr and Charles Dean who, along with fellow agents, foil an attempt to flood countries surrounding the English Channel. Stephen Coonts, the author, has never been a spy, but he has worked as a taxi driver, police officer, fighter pilot, and lawyer. Today, as an introduction to the book, students will learn more about Stephen Coonts.

Lesson

1) Small group activity: Break the class into groups to research these topics: the author's family life, the author's educational background, the author's work history, the author's writing successes. Each group prepares its information to present to the class for discussion.

2) Class discussion: Discuss the life of Stephen Coonts. What similarities seem obvious at this point between the author's own life and what little we know at this point about the book?

3) Class activity: Using the information from...

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