Teaching The Shining | 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: In this section, the reader is introduced to Stuart Ullman interviewing Jack Torrance for the position of caretaker at the Overlook hotel. The objective of this lesson is to understand the background of the character of Jack Torrance.

1) 1) Have the students read the interview between Stuart Ullman and Jack Torrance. Have a class discussion about what is revealed about the character of Jack Torrance...
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