Teaching The Farming of Bones | 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: This first chapter of the novel is rich with imagery and descriptive language. The objective of this lesson is to examine how the imagery used in this chapter helps paint a picture of the scene.

1) 1) Review the literary device imagery with class (if necessary).
2) Divide students into small groups. Have them go on a "scavenger hunt" in the first chapter for vivid imagery....
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