Teaching Vineland | 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: Zoyd Wheeler is collecting a monthly federal stipend of mental health benefits, and to continue to qualify, he must perform one yearly, public display of craziness. The objective of this lesson is to examine the criteria used by the government to qualify for various benefits.

1) 1) Initiate a class discussion on the topic of government benefits. Which benefits are most often abused or collected by...
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