Daily Lessons for Teaching The Best American Short Stories of the Century

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: Page 1-104 All of these stories and their authors are significant and were included in the collection for a reason. This lesson will focus on the authors' history and impact on literature.

1) 1) Research: Have each student choose an author from the book. Take the class to the library to learn about each author's place in literary history. While searching, ask yourself, why are these authors...
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