Teaching The Dharma Bums | 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: The life of the hobo is one that seems romantic and yet something that's unrealistic to the modern day reader - at first glance. Today's objective is to discuss the life of a hobo as Ray seems to make it appear to the reader and what reactions the students might have.

1) 1. Have the students make a list of the things they associate with...
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