Teaching The Good Person of Szechuan | 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 Good Person of Szechuan is a 1940s play written by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht. The aim of this lesson is to introduce the play and Bertolt Brecht's work.

1) 1. Class discussion. Have the students heard of the play before? What do the students expect from the book? Why do they expect these things to happen?

2. Brainstorm Bertolt Brecht's past works with...
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