Teaching The Notebook | 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 Notebook, Nicholas Sparks's first published novel, is a story of everlasting love. The Notebook is an example of a romance novel because it focuses on the love of the two protagonists of the novel, Allie and Noah. This lesson discusses the genre of the novel The Notebook.

1) 1) Library research: Have students research the romance novel genre. What are the characteristics of a romance...
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