Teaching O Pioneers! | 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: Part 1 Chapter 1 This book is partially autobiographical. The objective of this lesson will be to review some major aspects of Willa Cather's life, and to discuss how having this book partially autobiographical affects the plot and the feeling of the book.

1) 1) Provide a brief overview of Willa Cather's life along with some of the major events in her life. Split the...
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