Teaching Bastard Out of Carolina | 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, Mama objects to her daughter's birth certificate being stamped "illegitimate" because she believes people will think she is no-good, shiftless, and lazy. She will do anything to have the stamp removed, even lying to the court clerk. However, Mama later tries to teach Bone about the importance of honesty. The objective of this lesson is to understand the things that the characters...
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