Daily Lessons for Teaching Chasing the Dime: A Novel

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: Chapters 1 - 3 The first chapters of the novel introduce the main characters and the conflict that will propel the plot. The objective of this lesson will focus on character and conflict.

1) 1) Class Discussion: Henry Pierce is introduced in the first chapter. Discuss Henry Pierce. Who is he? What is he doing? Why has he recently moved? ...
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