Teaching For Whom the Bell Tolls | 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: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 The objective of the lesson is to establish character motivation and story setting.

1) Have the students write the word "parizan." Student will define the word "partizan" and offer the definition as it applies to the Spanish Civil War (guerrilla tactics) and to present-day politics.

Students will then create a K-W-L chart on characters. They will choose...
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