Daily Lessons for Teaching Great Expectations

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 | Chapter 2 Great Expectations is a long book that involves a number of intertwining story lines, characters, and plot twists. Following this mess of literary devices can be difficult when coupled with the challenging language that Dickens uses. The objective of this lesson is to create a plot map so that following the rest of the book will be easier and enjoyable.