Teaching Atonement | 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: The perspective of Briony from the very start seems to be one to which the reader can relate - and one that the reader might feel is immature and childish. Today's objective is to talk about the idea of Briony as the storyteller in this manuscript, what it means, and what problems it might present.

1) 1. Have each student share with the class his/her...
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