Teaching A Day No Pigs Would Die | 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: Chapter 1 The story takes place in the rural town of Learning, Vermont. The objective of this lesson is to learn more about the Vermont that the Pecks knew.

1) Lead the class in a discussion about what rural Vermont life would have been like for the Pecks. What can the students offer about any previous study they have done about this time period and geography? What...
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