Teaching Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe | 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: Chapter 1 I Chapter 2 I Chapter 3 I Chapter 4 I Chapter 5 IDGIE THREADGOODE - In this section, the reader meets Idgie Threadgoode, both at the time of her prime, when she opens the Whistle Stop Café, and when she is old in the nursing home. The objective of this lesson is for students to explore the character of Idgie Threadgoode and to discuss how...
(read more)