Daily Lessons for Teaching Heart of a Dog

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: During his life, Mikhail Bulgakov had a great deal of trouble getting his work published because it was viewed as anti-Soviet. It wasn't until after his death that many of Bulgakov's works were published, of which he received international recognition. His most lauded work is The Master and Margarita. This lesson discusses the author of Heart of a Dog, Mikhail Bulgakov.

1) 1) Library research: Have...
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