Teaching Reading Lolita in Tehran, A Memoir in Books | 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 book opens with descriptions of the primary setting and main characters. Nafisi uses sensory language to create a detailed image of that place and time. In Lesson #1, students will examine the setting of the story.

1) 1) Class Discussion: Ask students to locate the country of Iran and the city of Tehran on a map or globe. If there is access to a cartographic...
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