Teaching Ordinary People | 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: Conrad is introduced as a character who feels the need to maintain routine but struggles with everyday tasks. This lesson will explore the technique used by the author to introduce Conrad to the reader.

1) 1. Class discussion: Conrad is a teenager who has trouble getting up in the morning and thinks that life can be summed up like a bumper sticker. Are these elements of...
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