Teaching Ellen Foster | 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: Chapter 1 Students will be able to become familiar with the vocabulary used in the text. They will be able to activate their schema and provide motivation for reading the story. Throughout the story, the author uses vocabulary that may not be familiar to all students.

1) 1. Vocabulary Search -- Have the class scour the story for 10-15 minutes looking for words that they are...
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