Teaching The Great Gilly Hopkins | 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 "Welcome to Thompson Park" -- Galadriel (Gilly) Hopkins arrives at a new foster home, another stop in a long series of homes. The objective of this lesson is to analyze what is revealed about Gilly's past foster homes and how they may have caused her negative attitudes toward all foster homes.

1) Discussion Points and Questions:

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