Daily Lessons for Teaching The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

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 Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven is a compilation of short stories that feature some of the same characters in or near the Spokane Indian reservation. The objective of this lesson is to introduce and explore the elements of short stories and what makes it a distinct genre.

1) 1. Class discussion: What are some short stories? What makes them...
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