Teaching The Amen Corner | 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: Setting is a component of literary works and is often particularly important in stage productions. The introduction to Act I establishes the setting of this play. The objective of this lesson is to learn about the setting of "The Amen Corner."

1) 1) Class Discussion: What is setting? What all is involved in setting? What does the setting introduced in Act I tell you about "The...
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