Daily Lessons for Teaching The Lion in Winter

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: All the characters and many of the circumstances of this play are matters of historical record. This lesson will discuss these characters.

1) Class Discussion: Who are the characters in this play?

Small Group Activity: Choose one of the characters and research him or her. Create a graphic organizer to list information about your character.

Class Discussion: Share the students' research about their characters....
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