Teaching In Country | 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: Part One: Chapter One | Part One: Chapter Two. Mamaw complains that she is crammed into the back of the car like a sack of sausage. This lesson is on Simile.

1) 1) Class Discussion: What is Simile? What apparently relieves Mamaw's discomfort? Why does she really want to stop the car?

2) Journal: Write down some of the adjectives from...
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