Daily Lessons for Teaching M. Butterfly

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: From the first scene, Gallimard speaks directly to his audience to relate his story. From then on, it follows important vignettes that have affected the course of Gallimard's life, often flashing back and forth between different years and conjuring fantastical moments within Gallimard's imagination. The objective of this lesson is understanding the structure David Henry Hwang chose for his play.

1) 1. For class discussion: ...
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