Teaching Noble House: A Novel of Contemporary Hong Kong | 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-Chapter 8 "Noble House" is considered historical fiction. Historical fiction is a mix of fiction and historical fact. Although some facts may be true, most of the story is fictionalized. This lesson will focus on the literary genre of historical fiction, using "Noble House" as an example.

1) 1. Individual - Have the students write a short paragraph defining fiction and historical writing, or, make a...
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