Daily Lessons for Teaching The Remains of the Day

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, July 1956 The novel is about a man who recalls his life serving as a butler at a great home in England during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. The objective of this lesson is to explore the profession of being a butler.

1) Lead the class in a discussion about the profession of being a butler. Begin with a description and ask the students...
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