Teaching Burmese Days | 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: Students will explore the author's use of characterization in the chapter, particularly considering U Po Kyin and Ma Kin's backgrounds, appearance, actions, etc .

1) 1) As a whole group, students will list characters introduced in the chapter. Brainstorming aloud, students will identify traits of each character, then discuss how each trait is revealed by the author, and what it might suggest about a...
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