Teaching The World According to Garp | 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: Boston Mercy _The World According to Garp_ hits the ground running, with well-defined characters and a quickly moving plot. Making sure students understand the basics of the novel when they first start reading it is critical for their later understanding. The objective of this lesson is to familiarize students with the basics of the novel (setting, time, etc.) as well as with John Irving and his style of...
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