Teaching Fools Crow | 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: Part 1, Chapters 1-2 The beginning of a novel introduces the main characters, the setting, mood and tone of the story. This lesson will explore how the author uses these literary concepts to masterfully pull his readership into the 19th century culture of the Blackfoot Indians.

1) 1) Class Discussion: Setting refers to the time and place of the action in a story. ...
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