Daily Lessons for Teaching Either/Or

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 1, Either/Or : Chapter 1, Preface & A Fragment of Life Kierkegaard's work in this book takes the form of a letter to a young man. This lesson will explore the impact of this stylistic and structural choice on EITHER/OR.

1) 1) In-Class Discussion: Discuss the following with the class: How does Kierkegaard's decision to write this book in the form of a letter...
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