Teaching Little Birds: Erotica | 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: The readers learn at the end of "Little Birds" that Manuel has somewhat different sexual needs than one would expect. The story recounts that he cannot sustain arousal long enough when he goes to sleep with his wife, but that he needs to have a woman watch him. To add to this, the story then adds that Manuel frequently contrives to be set up for voyeurism,...
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