Daily Lessons for Teaching Waiting to Exhale

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 Not Dick Clark, the author uses very descriptive language in the novel to help fill in Savannah's moods and thoughts. This lesson will discuss her use of language.

1) Class Discussion: The author uses very descriptive language in the novel to help fill in the various character's moods and thoughts. What are some examples?

Small Group Activity: Choose a passage from the...
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