Teaching The Prince of Tides | 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: Prologue. This chapter sets the stage for the struggles and psychoses that Tom and Savannah will deal with later in the novel. This lesson will develop the students' initial impression of the characters--especially Lila and Henry Wingo--in order to develop a context for understanding the novel.

1) 1. Character Sketch--Using the information Tom reveals in the Prologue, students will compose two brief character sketches of...
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