Teaching Bread Givers | 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: When the story opens, Sara the protagonist, is ten years old. She has three older sisters, a loving mother, and a religious fanatic of a father. All three of Sara's sisters work to try and support the family. Sara's mother, Shenah, spends her days tending to the house and her husband. Sara's father Reb spends much of his time reading the Torah and other holy books....
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