Daily Lessons for Teaching After the Dancing Days

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: In novels, authors choose a point of view to use to tell the story. Chapter 1 clearly indicates that After the Dancing Days is written in first person. This lesson will discuss point of view.

1) 1) Class Discussion: What is Point of View? What are four different types of point of view? Explain each type. Which point of view does the author uses...
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