Teaching Poirot Investigates | 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: In "The Adventure of the Western Star," Poirot must find the story behind a supposedly cursed diamond known as "The Western Star." Examine the so-called curse, the real story behind the diamond, and how the legend came to be.

1) 1. Class discussion: Miss Mary Marvell claims that there is a curse on her prized diamond, the Western Star. Discuss the so-called curse on the diamond. Explain...
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