Teaching A Clockwork Orange | 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 chapter of the novel introduces the characters by having them attack a defenseless schoolteacher, rob a store, and mercilessly beat the store's owners. By all accounts, the main characters of the novel are criminals.

1) 1 - Class Discussion: What causes crime? How can it be prevented? What would be the best way to deal with hooligans like Alex and his gang? What is...
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