Teaching The Bald Soprano | 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: Detailed Summary & Analysis Ionesco wrote this play in the style of "Theater of the Absurd". Linked to the surrealist movement, absurdist plays attempt to show the failures of man without recommending a solution. The objective of this lesson is to examine the style of Absurdist Theater in preparation for the reading of "The Bald Soprano".

1) 1. As a class, discuss the style...
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