Daily Lessons for Teaching Little Women

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: Poverty and generosity are major themes in chapters one and two. The girls begin by being upset that their Christmas will be lacking. Later, they learn that others have less than them and their generosity comes back to them in the form of a dinner, courtesy of Mr. Laurence. The objective of this lesson is to explore the themes of poverty and generosity, which are...
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