Teaching The Subtle Knife | 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 roles in Will's world are slightly reversed in that he is the one that takes care of his mother and he is only twelve years old. The objective of this lesson is to look at family interaction.

1) 1) Discussion: What effect did Will's father's disappearance have on him? What effect did his mother's illness have on him? Explain.
2) Classwork: Have the students...
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