Teaching Child of God | 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: The first twenty-five pages of Child of God establish Lester Ballard as a social outcast and malcontent. The narrative passage illustrates his antagonistic relationship with the rest of the world, and the remainder shows his separation from humanity. The objective of this lesson is to examine the character of Lester Ballard as a man apart, a modern hermit.

1) 1. For class discussion: Have the class...
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