Teaching Wiseguy | 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: Introduction: In the introduction, the author explains that he wants to use this book as a way to shed light on the everyday criminal activities of the mafiosi. This lesson will discuss how these criminal acts impacted the society of the wiseguy's neighborhood and the ramifications that followed.

1) 1. Class Discussion: In the introduction, the author hints that the purpose of the novel is to...
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