Teaching Madame Bovary | 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: Part 1: Chapter 1 | Part 1: Chapter 2 From the beginning of the novel we see how Charles Bovary is an inherently weak character. He easily led into making decisions that he does not fully understand, and is often pulled in different directions by people with different and conflicting motives. Particularly Charles is influenced by the women in his life--his mother, his first...
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