Daily Lessons for Teaching Jazmin's Notebook

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: A person's name is something that both identifies a person and helps to define them. In this lesson, students will consider the importance of names, and the way these tags can help to mold a person.

1) 1) Class sharing - Many parents, such as Jazmin's choose a name for their baby which holds a particular significance for them. Using either your own name or the name...
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