Teaching The Wide Window | 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: Josephine is afraid of most everything and it seems to control her actions. The objective of this lesson is to look at fear.

1) 1) Discussion: Are any of Josephine's fears understandable? Explain why or why not.
2) Classwork: Have the students write a short essay on the common reactions that people have to fear.
3) Homework: Have the students do research over phobias....
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