Teaching Madeleine is Sleeping | 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: Madeleine is sleeping. She dreams up a hugely fat woman named Matilda. The children in town taunt Matilda by throwing handfuls of lard at her. One day, the grotesque woman feels an odd sensation in her back. She has sprouted wings! With her diary in hand, she floats around town making observations which she records. The objective of this lesson is to analyze the purpose behind...
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