Teaching Clear Light of Day | 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 objective is to acquaint the student with the historical background of this novel, which is partly set during the Indian Partition of 1947.

1) Class Activity: Discuss the effect independence has on the people of a country, covering 1) the attitude of the population, setting up a new economic structure, constitution, form of government, election of leaders, diplomacy with other countries, etc. (read more)