Daily Lessons for Teaching The Return of Martin Guerre

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, From Hendaye to Artigat Students should understand the importance of setting in literature. Chapter 1 is rich in detail about Artigat's geography and its residents' way of life. In this lesson, students will analyze the setting of Artigat and discover how the setting creates images and ideas about the location in which the story takes place.

1) 1. Class Discussion - When did the story...
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