Lewis Carroll
Lesson plans and teaching ideas

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Biography and Background

Lewis Carroll
Part of the Victorian Web, this site includes biography, historical background, analysis, and discussion questions.

Lewis Carroll
Biography from Wikipedia.

Lewis Carroll
A Lewis Carroll home page. The "K-12" link goes to lesson plans. The "Weak Links" page openly proclaims, "Only really silly people should venture past this point." Enjoy!

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland
A variety of before-, during-, and after-reading activities, as well as links to background and related information.

Alice in Wonderland: An Interactive Adventure
A word search and other online activities.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Text of the book.

Childhood through the Looking Glass
Students compare and contrast Lewis Carroll's depiction of childhood in Alice in Wonderland with photos of the real Alice, with their own drawings, and with poetry about childhood by William Blake.

A Trip to Wonderland
This unit explores elements of wonder, distortion, fantasy, and whimsy in The Nursery "Alice," Lewis Carroll's adaptation for younger readers of his classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

"Jabberwocky" and other poems

Lewis Carroll
Links to poems, including "Jabberwocky," "The Walrus and the Carpenter," "The Hunting of the Snark," and more.

Listening to Poetry: Sounds of the Sonnet
This lesson uses "Jabberwocky" and 2 sound experiments as an introduction to the sonnet.

The Magnetism of Language: Parts of Speech, Poetry, and Word Play
Students review the parts of speech. They then read the poem "Jabberwocky," identifying parts of speech and interpreting what the nonsensical words mean. After experimenting with an online magnetic poetry kit, they create their own kits, which they use to both revise and reinterpret Carroll's poem and write their own original poems. Designed for grades 6-8.

More Grammar Review Using "Jabberwocky"
Students summarize the poem and "identify and label the various parts of speech including nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and articles."