Daily Lessons for Teaching In the Belly of the Beast: Letters from Prison

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: The aim of this lesson is examine Abbott's upbringing.

1) 1. Divide the students into two groups. One group should write the character background and personality traits of a child bought up in a insecure environment and other group should write the background and traits of a child bought up in a safe environment. How was Abbott affected by his upbringing?

2. Ask half the class to...
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