Daily Lessons for Teaching Top Girls

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: In today's lesson, you will explore the fantasy aspect of the dinner party in Top Girls.

1) 1) If you could invite six people from history or fiction to dinner, who would they be? Choose six people who represent an aspect of yourself. Make a guest list and briefly explain why each person would be invited.

2) Choose one of the scenes with Joan,...
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