Daily Lessons for Teaching Bud, Not Buddy

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 The students will be able to identify the factors necessary when writing about the past.

1) Possible Activities:

* Discuss the mechanics of writing (i.e. verb tenses, etc) which would be necessary in order to write in the past tense. Have the students make note of the specific verbs used by the author and have them decide whether or not they meet...
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