Teaching West with the Night | 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: The events in people's lives can be told from different perspectives and the essence of the story can change depending on who tells the story and the nature of the story. The objective of this lesson is to learn the distinction between autobiography and other literary forms.

1) 1. In-class discussion and activity. Have the class discuss the distinction among autobiography, biography, and...
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