Daily Lessons for Teaching The Fire Next Time

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 author of the novel is of African American descent and clearly displays strong feelings regarding the position of African Americans in society. The objective of this lesson is for the students to understand the author's background and draw inferences as how it applies to the book.

1) 1.) Lecture: There will be a lecture on the author's background, who is of African American descent. He...
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