Teaching The Public Image | 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: Knowing more about Muriel Spark, the author of "Her Public Image," will enrich our reading, because she is a most interesting and accomplished woman. She has an unusual background and her resume defies any set pattern of work. This might upset a head hunter, but as readers, it will just make us wonder more about the story line and the characters. The objective of this lesson...
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