Teaching The Door in the Wall | 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: Part 1 The story begins with Redmond reflecting on a dinner he had with his friend three months ago, and then repeats the dinner conversation. This lesson focuses on the structure of Wells' short story.

1) 1. Discuss as a class how the story opens with the narrator reflecting on a story heard over dinner with a friend. How does the narrator peak the reader's...
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