Teaching A Wrinkle in Time | 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 objective of Daily Lesson #1 is for student to be able to explain the genre of the book and the literary value of the opening scene.

1) 1. Teacher Lecture: Conduct a lecture on the fantasy/sci fi genre of the novel. Something should be discussed about the trite opening sentence.

2. Class Discussion: Read preselected passage to discuss Meg as...
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