Teaching The Death of the Heart | 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: In chapter 1, the reader gains basic background information regarding the main characters: Anna, Portia, and Thomas. The objective of this lesson is to make inferences regarding the relationships between these characters, based on the information given in chapter 1.

1) 1) In-class writing assignment - In one to two paragraphs, have students answer the following question: Based on the information given in chapter 1, what...
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