Teaching The Skin of Our Teeth | 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: Act 1, Part 1: This is a play, not a narrative, and as such it is important for the students to review the differences between a play and a narrative story. This lesson will focus on the differences between a play and a narrative.

1) 1. As a class, brainstorm a list of differences between a play and a narrative. Post this list in the front...
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