Daily Lessons for Teaching A River Sutra

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 Narrator And Setting Chapter 1 describes the setting for "A River Sutra" and the narrator. In this lesson, discuss the function of this first chapter in developing the stage, narrator, and themes.

1) 1) Teacher Introduction: Give students a bit of an introduction to India in "A River Sutra" (religion, history, etc.) and the geographic setting of the book.

2) Groups: Split the class into...
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