Teaching To the Lighthouse | 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: These chapters introduce the reader to the Ramsay family and their innermost thoughts about one another. The objective of this lesson is to see that literature is relevant in all time periods. What is happening to the family members in the novel are the same things that happen to families today.

1) 1) Have the students write a three paragraph essay describing their family life. ...
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