Teaching The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford | 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: Part 1, Chapter 1 Maggie is an innocent in the world of society's elite in this short story. This innocence is a theme in the story as Maggie shows how uncomfortable she is among the elite in the new country she's in. This lesson's objective is to explore the theme of innocence versus self-interest.

1) 1. Class discussion: How is Maggie treated by society's elite? Why? Why...
(read more)