Daily Lessons for Teaching Jane Eyre

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 the opening chapters, the reader is introduced to Jane Eyre as the protagonist of the novel. The purpose of Lesson 1 is to examine Jane's character.

1) 1) Class Discussion: What is your first impression of Jane Eyre? What is her physical appearance and her psychological character like? Do you sympathize with her? Why or why not? What is her life with Mrs. Reed and...
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