Teaching A Chorus of Disapproval | 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: Act 1, Scene 1 This scene begins the play with the ending of another play, The Beggar's Opera. The objective of this lesson is to explore why the author chose to begin A Chorus of Disapproval in this manner.

1) 1.) Group analysis: Split the class into three or four small groups and have each group discuss the following: Why do you think the author...
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