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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: Creative Teaching, 1 In "Organic Reading is Not New," Ashton-Warner provided a brief introduction to the history of organic teaching. In this lesson, students will examine the examples she gave and how they reflected a unique educational philosophy.

1) 1. Class Discussion: What did Ashton-Warner mean by "organic reading"? According to her, how did the various human languages develop and how did they reflect the unique cultures...
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