Daily Lessons for Teaching The Subject Was Roses

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, Scene 1 "The Subject was Roses" is set in the New York apartment of Nettie and John Cleary, who have just welcomed their son home from the war. This lesson is about the time and setting of the play and their role in the story.

1) 1) Class Discussion: In what year does the play take place? Why is this important? What is it about...
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