Daily Lessons for Teaching Mister Roberts

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: The objective of this daily lesson is to realize the importance of setting in a play. The setting can include the time, location, circumstance, etc., that act as the backdrop of the story.

1) 1) Small groups: Ask the students to break into small groups and review Act 1, Scene 1. Ask the groups to focus specifically on the idea of setting,...
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