Daily Lessons for Teaching A Rumor of War

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 student will take notes on the background of the book, A RUMOR OF WAR. The student will define the purpose behind Caputo's writing the book.

1) 1. The teacher will lecture on the book giving some historical background on America's involvement after the French pull out of the former French Indochina. Students under the age of 35 will possibly not have much knowledge...
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