Teaching Jailbird | 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: Prologue The Prologue introduces the reader to Walter Starbuck, the protagonist. Vonnegut begins to initiate the character's complexity. This lesson discusses Walter Starbuck in the Prologue.

1) 1) Data Collection: Ask the students to choose adjectives that describe Walter Starbuck based on the information given in the Prologue.

2) Groups: Split the class into several groups. Ask each to choose several adjectives discussed in the...
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