Teaching A Darkness at Sethanon | Daily Lessons

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: In the Prologue, the reader feels a sense of foreboding; in the beginning of Chapter 1, the reader senses a party atmosphere; and in Chapter 2, the reader senses danger. The objective of this lesson is to discuss the moods evoked in "A Darkness at Sethanon."

1) 1) Research: Look up the term mood and write a definition. What does mood have to do with the...
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