Teaching Lear | 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: Author: Edward Bond (born 18 July 1934) is an English playwright, theater director, poet, theorist and screenwriter. His controversial work has met with extremes of reaction, from vilification to dismissal to claims that he is the world's greatest living dramatist. Today's class will begin the introduction of Lear by examining the playwright, his life, career, and other works.

1) 1) Class Discussion: Introduce the play to the class. (read more)