Teaching Equal Rites | 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: In "Equal Rites", pp. 1-33, the author Terry Pratchett describes the birth and early childhood of the protagonist, Esk Smith. Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and setting. Comic fantasy is a sub-genre of fantasy that is usually set in an imaginary world and is humorous in tone. The story of "Equal Rites" occurs...
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