Teaching The Ersatz Elevator | 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: Setting: The setting is a major part of "The Ersatz Elevator." The objective of this lesson is to study the setting and its influence on the story.

1) 1) Class Discussion - Setting is more than just the where, but also the when. What is the setting? How does the setting affect the story? The characters? How does the setting set up the major conflict in...
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