Daily Lessons for Teaching The Sorrows of Young Werther

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: May 4, 1771: The first letter of the novel introduces the reader to the protagonist, a young man named Werther. This lesson will encourage the student to formulate a character sketch of Werther by considering Goethe's initial presentation of him.

1) 1. Reading Journal Activity: Begin a reading journal, which you will add to throughout your study of this novel. In this journal, you will write your...
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