Daily Lessons for Teaching Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo

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: Pages 1 - 20 Before the War in Bosnia broke out, Zlata Filipovic lived a normal life. She was in the fifth grade and participated in music, tennis, and other activities. This lesson will focus on Zlata's life before the war that started in 1991.

1) 1) Class Discussion: As summer came to a close, Filipovic was excited to see her friends and return to...
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