Teaching Postmortem | 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 chapter one the main character, Scarpetta, gives her opinion on what she believes to be true about the killer that they are looking for. The objective of this lesson is to look at the importance of a character's opinion.

1) 1) Discussion: Ask the students to define opinion. What is the difference between a personal and professional opinion? Is Scarpetta's opinion personal or professional? Explain...
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