Teaching Drown | 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: When Ysrael was a baby, a pig forced himself into the house and ate Ysrael's face. Since then he has had to wear a mask to cover his disfigurement. The aim of this lesson is to examine the character of Ysrael.

1) 1) With the students decide what they think Ysrael's life goal is. Divide the students into pairs and ask them to design a diagram that...
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