Daily Lessons for Teaching The Mother Tongue

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: Chapter 1 The World's Language The English language has a vocabulary that is significantly larger than other languages, allowing speakers to express ideas that are more precise. The objective of this lesson is to compare and contrast English with other languages.

1) Lead the class in a discussion about the English language and its relative complexity to other languages. Ask the students to think of...
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