Teaching The Neon Bible | Daily Lessons

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 novel opens with David riding on a train and remembering moments from his childhood. The objective of this lesson is to analyze the use of flashback.

1) 1) Class discussion: Where is David heading? How does he feel about this train ride? What does the train ride remind him of? What happened the Christmas David received the toy trains? ...
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