Teaching Lucky Jim | 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: Dixon introduces himself as being unhappy with his job and with Welch, yet he tries to succeed at the job and get on Welch's good side. The objective of this lesson is to analyze Dixon's motives.

1) 1) Class discussion - Where does Dixon work? What does he do at the university? Why is his job in a probation period? How does he feel about...
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