Daily Lessons for Teaching Me Talk Pretty One Day

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: Students will consider the author's use of symbols to develop the themes of belonging and being different in Go Carolina.

1) 1) As a whole class, students will list symbols the author uses to differentiate between the popular and "normal" kids, and those like himself. Reviewing the list, students will use passages from the chapter as support for their ideas.

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