Teaching Maggie: A Girl of the Streets | 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: Chapter 1 - Throughout history, physical violence has been used as a method of communication. Jimmie uses violence to communicate his pride in Rum Alley. Pete uses violence to communicate his anger at the unfairness of the one-sided street brawl. Blue Billie communicates his self-pride through violence. Fader uses violence to communicate his displeasure. The objective of this lesson is to examine physical violence as a...
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