Teaching Macbeth (and More)
Better Planning, Better Learning
- Dan Flickstein - Abraham Lincoln High School, Brooklyn
March 1996 | 192 pages | Corwin
Creating lesson plans for teaching English literature in high schools is the theme of this book. Consideration is given to students and their needs, the literary work being studied and the most appropriate and effective instructional strategies. Four units of study are included to demonstrate the variety of approaches to teaching literature.
Planning Lessons on Literature
Keeping the Students Clearly in Mind
Studying Literature
Learning Lessons about Lessons
Studying Vocabulary in Context
Preparing the Lessons
Resources
A. Lesson Plans for Markandaya's Nectar in a Sieve
B. Lesson Plans for Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter
C. Lesson Plans for Shakespeare's Macbeth