Teaching Jack: Straight from the Gut | 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: Jack: Straight from the Gut by Jack Welch is Jack's own story of his rise to power at General Electric and the theories and concepts he practiced there. Some worked, some did not and Jack is willing to share both his victories and his losses with the reader. Today's lesson will introduce the book to students and will define the term autobiography.

1) 1) Class discussion:...
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