Teaching Lonesome Dove | 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: Lonesome Dove is set in a fictional town on the Texas-Mexico border in the late 1800s. McMurtry paints a very believable picture of a real South Texas town in that time period. The objective of this lesson is to explore that setting.

1) Small Group Activity:
Divide the class into groups of 3 or 4 and require each group to research a historical Texas Ranger. Present...
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