Daily Lessons for Teaching The Shrike

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: Act 1, Scene 1 The Shrike begins in the psychiatric ward of the hospital; this is where a majority of the play will take place. This lesson is about the atmosphere of the hospital, how the patients are treated there, and the significance found in the signs of limited freedom.

1) 1) Class Discussion: What is the class' initial impression of the hospital in the first scene...
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