Daily Lessons for Teaching The Interior Castle

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: Prologue The student will take notes from a teacher lecture on the background, style, and content of THE INNER CASTLE.

1) Classroom activity:
Teacher lecture to include the following:
(1) Historical information about St. Teresa of Avila [Note: an excellent resource is Mirabai Starr's translation of the book in her Introduction.]
(2) Definition of Christian mysticism
(3) Problem of verifying anecdotal statements and experiences
(4) Understanding the...
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