Teaching Snow Country | 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: The novel "Snow Country" introduces the protagonist while he is on the train headed towards a resort town for a visit. He is going to meet Komako, a geisha he met while on a previous trip to the resort town. As Shimamura arrives and sees Komako, he is reminded of their first meeting. A flashback sequence follows in which Shimamura shares with the reader his first...
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