Teaching A Grief Observed | 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 In Chapter One, C.S. Lewis describes a host of physical symptoms that are assaulting him. As he reflects on these symptoms, Lewis provides insight into an aspect of grief that is not always discussed. The objective of this lesson is to examine the physical symptoms of grief and to widen understanding of what people who grieve experience.

1) 1) Small groups: Divide into small groups...
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