Teaching Monkey | 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: Monkey is a Chinese folktale written in the 1590s by Ch'Eng-En Wu. The aim of this lesson is to introduce the book.

1) 1. Class discussion. What do the students expect from the book? Why do they expect these things to happen?

2. Brainstorm 's past Ch'Eng-En Wu other works with the students. What are about the books about? Do they share similar themes?...
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