Teaching Beloved | 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: Toni Morrison is an African American who has been writing since the 1960s. The objective of this lesson is to introduce Toni Morrison as an African American writer.

1) 1) With the students, brainstorm what they already know about Toni Morrison. What kind of writer is she? What books has she written? Divide the students into pairs and ask them to research Toni Morrison's life and write...
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