Teaching The Verge | 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: Act 1 At the beginning of the play, the stage is set with a single plant highlighted by a bright beam of light shining up from a trap door, along with the sound of wind. No characters are onstage. This lesson examines the dramatic impact of light and sound in this scene.

1) 1) Class Discussion: How does Act 1 open? Describe the visual and audio imagery....
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