Daily Lessons for Teaching Jane Austen's Letters

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: In Letters 1-10 dated January 9th, 1796 to October 28th, 1798, Jane Austen discusses her interests in her letters. This lesson will discuss her interests, based on these first letters.

1) Class Discussion: What are Jane's interests, based on this first section?

Small Group Activity: Choose one of these interests. How do you know this is an interest of Jane's? How does this interest compare...
(read more)