Daily Lessons for Teaching To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher

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: Preface Ayers begins To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher with a quote from Martha Gellhorn. Gellhorn believes that no matter where people live, they love their children, and want the best for them. This lesson will focus on Gellhorn's writing and her beliefs regarding the education of children.

1) 1) Class Discussion: Discuss the differences in the children Gellhorn was referencing in her...
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