Teaching Florence King | 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: Prologue & Chapter 1 "Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady" by Florence King is a memoir about King's years with her grandmother who attempted to rear her as a Southern belle. King was academically gifted in her youth, and much of her story details her struggle to balance her education with the behavior expected of a lady. In this lesson, students are introduced to the book, will...
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