Daily Lessons for Teaching The Miracle Worker

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: In the beginning of the book, author William Gibson states that he has made some changes from the standard format to make the play more enjoyable to read as a work of literature. Some passages were added so that the text may be easier to read. Discuss Gibson's choice for the alterations.

1) 1. Class discussion: Discuss the present format of THE MIRACLE WORKER. What precise...
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