Teaching The Playboy of the Western World | 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: Students will consider the significance of the exposition revealed in Act 1.

1) 1) In small groups, students will choose any point of exposition revealed in Act 1 and discuss its significance to the events of the act. Groups will share their ideas with the whole class.

2) As a whole class, students will list as many examples of exposition from...
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