Teaching The Five People You Meet in Heaven | 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: The book begins with the main character, Eddie, a maintenance man at Ruby Pier amusement park. Most students are young adults, and intense struggle and old age are in the distant future. It is important for students to connect their own lives, the life of the author, and the life of the protagonist. The objective of this lesson is to familiarize the students...
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