Daily Lessons for Teaching The Elephant Man

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: Scenes 1, 2 and 3 TREVES - In this chapter the reader gets their first look at Treves, the physician who forms a relationship with John Merrick, the Elephant Man. The objective of this lesson is for students to explore Treves' character and to discuss whether or not he seems like a man out for money.

1) 1.) As a class, create a list of adjectives used...
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