Daily Lessons for Teaching Staying On

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 story begins with one of the main characters, Tusker, dying of a heart attack. The objective of this lesson is to understand the author's use of this unique storytelling technique, using the climax of the story as a way to begin the novel.

1) 1. Class Discussion:
What is the climax of the story? Is this also the end of the story? ...
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