Teaching The Pact | 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 Pact" starts with the introduction of four main characters that make up two couples. Michael and Melanie are happily married as are Gus and James, but Gus and Michael match more in personality, as do James and Melanie. This lesson will focus on personality and its role in the story.

1) 1). Graphic organizer: Create a graphic organizer that lists traits of each character's personality. (read more)