Daily Lessons for Teaching The Talented Mr. Ripley

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: Tom Ripley is a self-hating young man who longs to be someone else. The aim of this lesson is to examine Tom's character.

1) 1. Ask the students to write a scene from Tom's life in 20 years' time. How different will his life be? Will he have gained some self respect?

2. Ask the students to find another character in popular culture similar to Tom Ripley, but...
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