Daily Lessons for Teaching Cat's Eye

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: Time is an important element throughout CAT'S EYE, which deals with the main character's memories and the intrusions of her past on her present. The novel begins with a discussion of time. The objective of this lesson is to examine the main character's view of time.

1) 1) As a class, read the opening of the novel. Discuss the main character's view of time and her...
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