Product Overview
This LitPlan Novel Study for Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is a comprehensive foundation of ready-to-use materials that will ensure your students get the most out of their Jane Eyre novel study.
Practical, flexible, and standards-based with step-by-step plans for the whole novel unit, my LitPlan Novel Study is especially helpful to new teachers or veteran teachers teaching Jane Eyre for the first time.
21 Step-by-Step Daily Lessons guide you and your students through this novel study. Assignments and Activities are planned for each day of the novel unit.
Vocabulary Worksheets that focus on meaning in context and dictionary definitions go with each reading assignment.
Comprehension Questions and Quizzes follow the reading assignments, so you know if your students are keeping up with their reading and if they are understanding what they are reading.
Writing Assignments are sprinkled throughout this novel study for Jane Eyre, too! Detailed writing assignment sheets guide students' writing.
- The first assignment is to express personal opinions: students give their own opinions about one of the main characters in the book.
- The second assignment is to inform:students write a composition based on the Nonfiction Assignment in preparation for their oral presentations.
- The third assignment is to persuade: students write a persuasive argument defending their choice of the most important character in the novel (other than Jane).
One lesson is also devoted to Leveled Critical Thinking Questions:
- Interpretive Questions require students to simply interpret facts that are given.
- Critical Questions require students to think deeply to develop answers that go beyond what is in the text.
- Personal Response Questions have no right or wrong answer; students formulate and give their own opinions.
A Nonfiction Reading Assignment is incorporated into this novel study unit for Jane Eyre. Students are required to read at least one nonfiction article and view at least one nonfiction video related to the story and complete a short report form analyzing their sources.
A Variety of Additional Activities are woven into this Jane Eyre novel study:
- Group Activity - Themes
- Oral Reading Evaluation
- Writing Conferences
- Oral Reports
- Film - Compare/Contrast
A class period is devoted to Vocabulary Review. Review puzzles, games, and worksheets are provided.
One class period is devoted to Whole-Unit Review in preparation for the unit test. Review puzzles, games, and worksheets are provided.
Five Different Unit Tests are provided on different levels and to use for make-up tests or tests for different classes if you're teaching the book to more than one class at a time. Two are multiple-choice, two are short-answer, and one is advanced short-answer. You can mix-and-match test sections as well.
Evaluation Rubrics are included for some activities.
A page of Bulletin Board Ideas is included.
A page of ideas for Extension Activities is included.
Answer Keys are provided for the short-answer comprehension questions, multiple choice quizzes, vocabulary worksheets, tests, and review materials.
FLEXIBILITY is a key property of this novel study unit for Jane Eyre.
- It is formatted so that you can skip an activity I have planned and plug-in one of your own favorites if you want to.
- You can use all or just parts of this LitPlan.
- Written for whole-class use, but easily adaptable for:
- independent study
- small groups or lit circles
- Homeschooling
- tutoring
A teacher-favorite for years, hundreds of thousands of LitPlans (and Puzzle Packs!) have been used by tens of thousands of teachers in the USA, Canada, and overseas schools, providing reliable, high-quality, standards-based resources for teaching literature. If you want a solid foundation for teaching a work of literature, LitPlans have proved themselves worthy over years of use worldwide.
What Users Have Said About The Jane Eyre LitPlan Novel Study Guide:
Melanie F., August 29, 2022 - Our homeschool curriculum does not believe in assessment, but I do. I purchased this resource to accompany my son's study of Jane Eyre and assess his comprehension. This worked well for our needs. Thank you.
Jennifer M., January 10, 2022 - This was a great way to keep the students involved in the reading process! The class really enjoyed the novel!
Stefania K., October 18, 2021 - Am able to use this with some changes for ninth grade honors -- looking forward to see how they keep up with reading, but the organization and planning is already done for me! Thank you!
Additional Products available for Jane Eyre:
- Puzzle Pack
- Google Forms Chapter Quizzes
- Interactive PDF Unit Test
- Q&A Presentation
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