Teaching Winter Dreams | 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: Part 1 Winter Dreams is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It deals with Dexter Green and the dreams he has in the winter time about his life. Dexter works the summers as a caddy at Sherry Island Golf Club, but he is unlike the other caddies. They are mostly all very poor. Dexter works just for spending money. This lesson will discuss the early...
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