Teaching The Reivers | 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: William Faulkner is a famous and influential American author. The aim of this lesson is to learn about Faulkner's work.

1) 1) Discuss with the students what they already know about William Faulkner. What previous books has he written? What do the students think are the major themes of his work. Divide the students into groups of three and ask them to compile a bibliography of his...
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