Teaching The Wind in the Willows | 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 I Mole is one of the major characters in A Wind in the Willows. This lesson will focus on his character traits and personality.

1) 1) Ask students to discuss the character of Mole as he appears in this chapter. What are his major character traits? What makes him different as a character from Rat? Encourage students to come up with a sentence that describes Mole....
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