Daily Lessons for Teaching American Pastoral

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 From the first chapter, it becomes clear that the main characters of this story would be told through a third party as a narrator. This narrator, Nathan Zuckerman, is able to offer a compelling and telling tale of a family wracked by tragedy under a façade of perfection. This lesson will examine the role of the narrator Nathan Zuckerman..

1) 1) Group Activity: Have the...
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