Teaching A Good Man Is Hard to Find | 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 opens with family either largely ignoring Grandma, or in June' s case, being openly rude to her. The objective of this lesson is to examine the friction that can occur between the younger and older generations.

1) 1. With the class, discuss their student's generation. What important events have happened? What kind of music is there? What kind of technology? Divide the class into pairs...
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