Daily Lessons for Teaching Tartuffe

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-From the very start of this play, it is clear that the author is using a comedic tone to portray the characters. This use of comedy not only helps define the characters right away, but it is also telling of how the author wishes for the reader to view the play. This lesson will discuss the role of the comedic tone in the dialogue of...
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