Teaching Oryx and Crake | 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: Section 1 Pseudonyms are given to different items throughout the novel, and especially in the first section. For example, the name Snowman is a pseudonym for the main character of the novel. The purpose of this lesson is to focus on the way pseudonyms are used and what their role is in the story.

1) 1. Class discussion: How are the pseudonyms introduced to the reader? For...
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