Teaching Breath, Eyes, Memory | 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: Characterization is the means by which a writer reveals the personalities of his or her characters. Occasionally, the writer will describe a character directly, stating outright that he or she is kind, intelligent or talkative. Usually, however, characterization is accomplished indirectly--that is, the author reveals the personalities of characters by what they--or other characters--say, do, and think. In the first two chapters, we get to know...
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