Ernest J. Gaines:
A Lesson Before Dying
This sequence is based on my talks given this year in Oldenburg, Osnabrück-Bramsche, Hannover-Lehrte and Lüneburg. Also thanks to all the teachers who gave me valuable feed-back. It contains the following parts:
- I. Biographical notes on Ernest J. Gaines
- II. Lead-in/Introduction
- III. Dividing the Novel in eight thematic parts
- IV. The support concept for the teacher
- V. Developing core competences
- V. Post-reading activities
- VI. Test proposal
- VII. The African-American experience in the novel