Teaching The Violent Bear It Away | 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: In this chapter readers are introduced to the main character, Tarwater. The objective of this lesson is to analyze the introduction of Tarwater.

1) 1) Group work: Students will work in groups to discuss their first impression of Tarwater. They must write a short summary of their ideas and present it to the class.

2) Class discussion: How is Tarwater introduced to the reader? What...
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