Daily Lessons for Teaching Heartburn

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 One The novel opens with Rachel Samstat, the narrator, detailing the conflicts she and her husband face as they traverse the stormy waters of their marriage. To help her deal with these conflicts, Rachel depends on her sense of humor. This lesson will discuss the use of humor as a literary element.

1) 1) Class Discussion: Rachel introduces the reader to the...
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