Teaching Mercy | 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: Prologue The objective of this lesson is to explore the use of a prologue to set-up the plot and themes of a novel.

1) 1. Jodi Picoult often uses a prologue to introduce her novels. Discuss as a class what a prologue is and how Picoult uses it to ease the reader into the difficult topic of her novel.

2. Break into groups and discuss...
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