Daily Lessons for Teaching Interview with the Vampire

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 objective of this lesson is to help students realize that myths can become accepted as fact.

1) 1. For classroom discussion: Have students list things about vampires that are traditionally accepted as fact that Louis says are not true. Discuss how these myths become accepted.

2. For homework: Have students write an essay about the impact of movies on daily life, beliefs and...
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