Teaching The Princess Bride | 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: The Princess Bride The story is a satirical fairytale. The objective of this lesson is to realize that, despite what the author claims in the opening, virtually everything he writes is fictitious.

1) 1. Class Discussion: Who is the author of this book? Why does he claim that S. Morgenstern wrote "The Princess Bride"? Is Morgenstern a real author or a fictitious character? What does Goldman claim...
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