Daily Lessons for Teaching Aspects of the Novel

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: Section 1 In his series of lectures at Trinity College at Cambridge University, E.M. Forster begins with a tribute to William George Clark. The objective of this lesson is exploring how Forster uses William George Clark to lay the foundation for the premise of his lecture series.

1) 1. Discuss as a class who William George Clark was. What is Forster's tone as he discusses...
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