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Lesson 1 (from Part One, Beginnings: The Letter, Margaret's Story, and Thirteen Tales)

Objective

Part One, Beginnings: The Letter, Margaret's Story, and Thirteen Tales

In the chapter "Margaret's Story," Margaret talks at length about the power of books to anger, motivate, comfort, or heal. The objective of this lesson is to motivate students to appreciate the power of words and the value of reading in general, and this book in specific.

Lesson

1. Margaret says that books have power to change people. Re-read the particular passages in the secpnd chapter on this subject. Do you agree? Disagree? Give examples of times that passages from books you have read have inspired an emotion.

2. Not only have books inspired emotions from Margaret, they were responsible for much of her education. List the many ways that the bookshop educated Margaret. Write a journal response to the following question: How was your education different than Margaret Lea's? Are there elements in Margaret's learning process that...

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