Teaching Henderson the Rain King | 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: Henderson has had a difficult family life. He has been married twice and both his father and brother are dead. The aim of this lesson is to examine Henderson's family life.

1) 1) Divide the class into three. The first group needs to look at the problems Henderson faced in the family, the second group needs to look at the problems his brother and the third group...
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