Daily Lessons for Teaching Le Morte d'Arthur

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: Every society has some form of ceremony to celebrate a rite of passage, from birthdays, bar mitzvahs, graduations, and even gang initiations. Rites of passage are sacred and full of meaning. The objective of this lesson is to learn about different rites, their significance, and whether that significance still holds today.

1) 1) Think about a rite of passage that you've accomplished. When was it; how...
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