Daily Lessons for Teaching The Great Divorce

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: Author - C. S. Lewis: As introduction to the study of The Great Divorce, we will begin by examining the author, C. S. Lewis. C. S. Lewis was an Irish-born British novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist and theologian. He is perhaps most well-known for his popular children's series, The Chronicles of Narnia, which have been popularized in film. Today's class will examine the author,...
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