Teaching A Wild Sheep Chase | 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: Part 1, Chapter 1: Wednesday Afternoon Picnic In the first chapter of A Wild Sheep Chase, the Main Character receives a call informing him of the death of a former lover (this Girl Who'd Sleep with Anyone). He cannot recall her name, although they spent every Wednesday together, and he remembers her fondly. Their relationship was mostly sexual. This chapter serves to illustrate the protagonist's lack...
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