Daily Lessons for Teaching The Crazy Horse Electric Game

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: Chapter 1 One of the main themes of the novel "The Crazy Horse Electric Game" is the strength that a person can gain by overcoming adversity. Willie Weaver loses his athletic ability and believes that his life is over; however, this loss forces him to discover his true strengths. In this pre-reading lesson, students will explore the idea of loss and personal development as preparation for the...
(read more)