Daily Lessons for Teaching The House of Bernarda Alba

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: Act 1 Part 1 - Very early on in the play, namely with the discussion between the two servants, the background and context of the play's characters is set up. The author's ability to give a clearer representation of the main characters in the play through the eyes of an outsider allows the reader to see the true nature of these people and better understand their...
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