Teaching The American Language | 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: In the first two parts of the introductory chapter to The American Language, H.L. Mencken lays out the principles by which he will conduct his investigation and evaluation of the diverging streams of the American language. The objective of this lesson is to examine those principles and to evaluate their validity by judging their applicability.

1) 1) Class Discussion: What are the evident principles of inquiry...
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