Teaching The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds | 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: Act 1 The first act of the play takes place in the bleak setting of a rustic and dark wooden room that once served as a vegetable store. The windows in the cluttered and shabby space have been covered in newspaper. Beatrice has lived in this home her entire life and never leaves the space once during the play. Zindel employs the use of dramatic lighting and...
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