Since this book is intended for younger readers, teaching it to older students is a chance to get them to have fun with the puns and puzzles Carroll took so much pleasure in creating. Encourage them to think in new, creative ways about the text and to apply various critical frames to it.
The thought questions in this lesson plan provide material and ideas that students can use to write short original essays and to develop their powers of thought. For the sake of improving the power of expression, teachers should encourage students to write on topics that have been discussed in class, this time in the more formal writing style expected in a literary essay. At the same time, students...
