Teaching Tiger Eyes | 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: Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 Davey's father has died and Davey is experiencing grief for the first time. This lesson will focus on the funeral and the grief occurring around Davey at the beginning of the story.

1) 1. Class discussion: Even before the funeral is described, how can the reader infer that the story is dark? What is the overall tone of the first two chapters...
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