Teaching What Dreams May Come: A Novel | 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: From reading the introduction, this is obviously a novel about redemption. The objective of this lesson is to discuss the concept of redemption.

1) 1. Class discussion: What is redemption? Is redemption solely a religious term? What are other ways the term is used? Who do you think experiences redemption in this book? Why?

2. In-class writing: Redemption can manifest in...
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