Daily Lessons for Teaching The Light Fantastic

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 introduction in a book is meant to grab the reader's attention. The objective of this lesson is to draw attention to the introduction in a story.

1) 1) Discussion: Ask the students to discuss the introduction in The Light Fantastic. What does the author do in order to get the reader's attention? Explain.

2) Classwork: Give the students a list of first lines...
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