Teaching The Sisters Rosensweig | 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 Act 1, Scene 1, Tess has a school project in which she examines her mother's past. However, her mother believes nothing from the past could have any bearing on who she is today. This lesson will explore how the past impacts the characters in the play.

1) 1) Class Discussion: Ask the class whether they think events that happen in the past can impact a...
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