Daily Lessons for Teaching The Bourne Ultimatum

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 main motivation in this novel is revenge, both for Jason Bourne and for Carlos the Jackal. Today's objective is to talk about the idea of revenge, what it means, and how it might play out in the story.

1) 1. Have each student define the idea of revenge in relation to how they would act if in a situation that might require action.
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