Teaching The Right Stuff | 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 story begins by detailing Jane Conrad's experiences of being a Navy pilot's wife. While she has to deal with long separations, loneliness, isolation, and bravery, she realizes that fear that will forever be a part of her life--her fear that her husband's job will eventually kill him. This fear leads to nightmares and hallucinations as Jane struggles to cope with this now-recognized reality. Fear is...
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