Daily Lessons for Teaching A Daughter of Han; the Autobiography of a Chinese Working Woman

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: Book One, Pages 1-38 Lao began her story by detailing the story of Lao's father and his youth. Her father did play a role in Lao's childhood. The objective of this lesson is for students to analyze Lao's relationship with her father.

1) 1) Class Discussion: What did you think when you read Lao's descriptions concerning her father? Were you shocked that he did not meet...
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