Teaching Bless Me, Ultima | 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 A protagonist is the main character (the central or main figure) of a drama or story. Although Antonio is born from the same ethnic parents, he is the son of the Marez (sea) and the Luna (moon) families. This dichotomy influences Antonio as he passes through childhood to young adulthood. This juxtaposition also forms tension for Antonio. The objective of this...
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