Teaching Losing Battles | 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: Part 1 (through page 50)-The beginning of the book starts off with a huge gathering for many generations for a family reunion. Not only does this reunion help introduce many characters, it also helps create a frame for the story to follow later on. This lesson will discuss the role of the family reunion in the book.

1) 1. Group Activity: Have the class split into...
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