Teaching House of Leaves | 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: Chapter 1 TRAILERS - In this chapter, the author describes Will Navidson's profession as a filmmaker through the description of two movie trailers Navidson recently filmed. The objective of this lesson is for students to explore the function of a movie trailer and to discuss how the two trailers described in the novel give the reader insight into the themes of this novel.

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