Teaching Less than Zero | 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: Bret Easton Ellis writes Less Than Zero as a first person narrative from the perspective of the main character, Clay. The reader sees the world of privileged children in Los Angeles through Clay's eyes. The objective of this lesson is to learn about first-person narrative.

1) Lecture, Tasks, and Homework

Lecture: Give a short lecture on first-person narrative. Provide students with a formal definition of...
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