Teaching Shadow & Claw | 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: Part 1: Chapter 1-6 Shadow & Claw is written in past tense with Severian, the main character, telling the story. The objective of this lesson is to define the term "tense" as it applies to literature, determine and discuss the tense this book is written in, and explore the effectiveness of past tense for this book.

1) 1. Definition: Ask the students what the term "tense" means...
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