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Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

by Mona
A read-along series for the complete 38-chapter Anne of Green Gables, using the uploaded anne.pdf. Each lesson deepens the chapters just read, develops a reading-as-a-writer skill, and supports interpretations with passages from the uploaded text.
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Arriving at Green Gables (Chapters 1–10)

Lesson 1
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Why Does Anne's Book Open Without Anne?

A novel named for Anne opens without her — just Mrs. Lynde at her window, watching Matthew Cuthbert drive past in his good suit. Why would a writer make that choice?
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Lesson 2
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The Girl Who Renamed the World

An old bachelor comes for an orphan boy and finds a girl whose nonstop chatter transforms every dirt road into a fairytale, hiding a past no eleven-year-old should have endured.
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Lesson 3
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Marilla's Impossible Decision

Watch a quiet woman wrestle with a choice, and learn how writers use contrast to show us who someone really is.
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Lesson 4
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The Apology Performance

Anne loses her temper spectacularly, then apologizes even more spectacularly. Is she sorry? How can you tell?
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Scrapes and Kindred Spirits (Chapters 11–28)

Lesson 5
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The Slate Heard Round the School

One word sparks a feud that will shape years. Explore what grudges cost, and why writers love a good rival.
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Lesson 6
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Misjudged: The Cordial and the Croup

Anne is blamed for something she didn't intend, then gets an unexpected chance. Learn how writers use irony to flip our judgments.
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Lesson 7
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Ridgepoles, Liniment Cake, and Never the Same Mistake Twice

Anne's disasters keep coming, but something about them is changing. Track a character's growth through her mistakes.
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Lesson 8
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When Imagination Goes Too Far

Haunted woods, green hair, and a sinking boat: discover where the line sits between imagination as a gift and a trap.
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Growing Up and Looking Back (Chapters 29–38)

Lesson 9
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A Different Anne Is Talking

Something has changed in how Anne speaks. Learn to catch the quiet clues writers plant to show a character growing up.
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Lesson 10
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The Race for Queen's

Ambition, exams, and an old rivalry that starts to look like something else. What is competition actually for?
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Lesson 11
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The Bend in the Road

The final chapters ask Anne to make her hardest choice yet. What do her reasons reveal about what matters most?
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Lesson 12
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Who Changed Whom?

Did Anne transform Avonlea, or did Avonlea transform Anne? Step back and map the whole journey.
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Lesson 13
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Make Your Case

Build your own argument about the book, backed by evidence from the pages — and learn to defend it like a critic.
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