Teaching Wolf by the Ears | 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: December 1819 There are a number of instances of foreshadowing in Wolf by the Ears. For example, in December 1819, we see Sally protecting Jefferson from the cold with a shawl and from possible illness with medicine, which foreshadows the way Sally will protect the secret of who Harriet's father is. The objective of this lesson is to define foreshadowing and discuss elements of foreshadowing seen in...
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