Daily Lessons for Teaching Midaq Alley

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: Before you begin to read a novel, it is a good idea to "interview" the book. This process will show you some things about the work itself and about the author. Today's objective is to learn all we can about this book by reading the front and back covers, studying the cover art and title page, and reading the introduction and translator's notes.

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