Teaching The Counterlife | Daily Lessons

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: Part 1 Basel, pages 3-13 The beginning of the novel engages in a third person narrative, showing readers the set up of the narration of the novel. The objective of this lesson is to learn the role of narration in the story.

1) 1) Class Discussion: The opening narrative is shown in italics. There is no reason why the story begins in this way. Does this...
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