Teaching Eric | 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: Rincewind is a character that finds danger in running away from it, always finding himself in a ludicrous situation. An example is when he escapes the dungeon dimensions only to be held captive by Eric who believes he is a demon. This lesson will establish the novel's genre as farce.

1) 1) Class Discussion: Ask students to identify the novel's genre, and explain their...
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