Teaching Horseman, Pass By | 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: Structure. Horseman, Pass By has both a prologue and epilogue and 14 chapters. The objective of this lesson is to look at structure in literature.

1) 1. Class discussion: What does the word structure mean in terms of writing? How important is structure in a work of fiction? Do you think structure is as important or more important in novels as opposed to drama or...
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