Teaching Angela's Ashes | 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 In this chapter, Frank introduces the reader to himself and his family. It is critical for students to understand what life was like during the Great Depression, both here in the United States and in Ireland. The objective of this lesson is for students to identify and understand the setting of a memoir.

1) 1) Prereading: Make a list of everything you know about the...
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