Teaching One for the Money | 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 One In this chapter, Stephanie Plum introduces herself and her environment, a neighborhood in Trenton, New Jersey called "The Burg". Stephanie describes herself as a typical Jersey girl who speaks her mind, doesn't take any guff from anyone, and is devoted to her Italian-Hungarian family. The Burg setting helps shape Stephanie's character and the plot, and also helps establish the story's themes of family...
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