Teaching Bridget Jones's Diary | 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: New Year's Resolutions - Genre and Sub-genre. Pre-reading strategies are often helpful when familiarizing students with literature. Identification of, and familiarity with, genre and sub-genre will help students become more interested in the material. The objective of this lesson is to discuss genre and sub-genre and apply them to "Bridget Jones's Diary."

1) 1) Class Discussion: People read for two reasons, entertainment and...
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