Daily Lessons for Teaching Daniel Deronda

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: Book One George Eliot is one of the Victorian Era's best-known writers, even if many people are unaware that the male name of "George Eliot" is a pen name for (the female) Mary Anne Evans. The objective of this lesson is to learn more about George Eliot and why it is important to know about an author when analyzing a text.

1) 1) Focusing Exercise: Ask students...
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