Teaching Play with a Tiger | 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: PLAY WITH A TIGER is Doris Lessing's play about the dynamics of human relationships and the expectations and challenges faced by women who choose less conventional roles than those inherent in marriage. This lesson will discuss the roles inherent in marriage.

1) Class Discussion: Describe marriage. What is marriage?

Small Group Activity: What roles exist in a marriage? What role does each person in a...
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