Please note that this lesson plan focuses only on the first book of The Maze Runner series. Students who have read the whole series may have additional insights and opinions based on The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure or the prequels The Kill Order and The Fever Code, but try to encourage them to treat this text as if it exists as a stand-alone novel.
The thought questions in this lesson plan provide material and ideas that students can use to write short original essays and to develop their powers of analysis. The questions provided for the final paper are most suitable for student essays. For the sake of improving their written expression, teachers should encourage students to write...
