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Lesson Plan
K20 LEARN

Things Are Lit at Thornfield: Jane Eyre

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Jane Eyre offers scholars an opportunity to practice reading comprehension skills. Pairs are assigned a word from the text, use their prior knowledge, and consider the context, connotation, and denotation of the word to posit a...
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eBook
Planet e-Book

Jane Eyre

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Some say there is no place like home. Jane, a character in Jane Eyre, is thankful no other place is like the terrible home of her aunt. Jane is thankful that her mean aunt is convinced to send Jane off to school. Readers learn of the ups...
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Activity
Great Books Foundation

Discussion Guide for Jane Eyre

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The ambiguity in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre makes the novel a perfect choice for a shared inquiry discussion. Readers respond to open-ended questions with evidence drawn directly from the text. 
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Curated OER

Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Did you know that Currer Bell and Ellis Bell were the pseudonyms for Charlotte and Emily Bronte? Did you know that during the 1800s women’s emotional opinions were not seen as something meant for publication? Introduce Jane Eyre with a...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Jane Eyre: Question Answer Relationship (Q.A.R.) Worksheet

For Students 11th - 12th
Excerpts from Jane Eyre are used in a reading assessment that asks readers to identify, analyze, interpret, and evaluate the passages from Charlotte Bronte’s novel. Could be used as a reading assessment or as the basis of a group...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Jane Eyre Reading Guide

For Students 10th - 12th
Use this list of questions as short daily reading quizzes. Two to five questions are provided for each chapter, and they focus on basic reading comprehension. Or consider providing your independent readers with a section of the questions...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Jane Eyre: Vocabulary Worksheet List 2

For Students 11th - 12th
Anathema, brooch, sonorous? Readers may grimace as they complete two exercises based on vocabulary found in Jane Eyre. After crafting original sentences using one set of words, they draw words from a second list to complete a series of...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Selective Reading Guide: Jane Eyre

For Students 11th - 12th
Guide your independent readers with this sheet containing five reading comprehension questions for pages 171-178 of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. Deeper analysis is required to answer most of the provide questions. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bronte and Rhys' Portrayal of Bertha

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars, while reading and discussing the two texts by Charlotte Bronte and Jean Rhys, compare/contrast the two main characters and juxtapose them as the same character told from two different points of view. They gain insight of...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Planning for Compare/ Contrast in Jane Eyre

For Students 9th - 11th
What similarities and differences can your readers find in Bertha Rochester and Jane Eyre? They take notes for each character in the space provided, and then they record some similarities and differences. Although the idea behind this...
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eBook
Nagoya University (Japan)

Nagoya University: The Life of Charlotte Bronte

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains the full text of Elizabeth Gaskell's biography of Charlotte Bronte. Very detailed, includes a portrait.
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Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: The Bronte Sisters Jane Eyre

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Charlotte Bronte's 1847 novel "Jane Eyre." It is fictionalised autobiography of its author that follows the fortunes of the heroine who comes to work for the mysterious Mr. Rochester.
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eBook
University of Pennsylvania

University of Pa: Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Pennsylvania site reproduces the 1846 book here with some enhancements. Icons representing each of the 3 Bronte sisters identify who wrote which poem, and a provenance of the text explains where the information...
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Website
Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation: Charlotte Bronte (1816 1855)

For Students 9th - 10th
Details of the life and works of Victorian writer Charlotte Bronte and her contributions to the world of poetry. Includes a bibliography and a link to her poem "On the Death of Anne Bronte".
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eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of Biographical Notes on The

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for Charlotte Bronte's work, Biographical Notes on the Pseudonymous Bells.
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Website
Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: Charlotte Bronte

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides an elaborate overview of the life, works, and times of Charlotte Bronte. Content ranges from the genre, plot, and theme found in "Jane Eyre," to the position of middle-class women of Bronte's time, to the Boer War....
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eBook
Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

For Students 9th - 10th
The whole text of the famous novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, taken from the second edition, formatted for online reading.
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Unit Plan
McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Library: "Jane Eyre" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A great resource for students reading Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre," complete with pre-reading material (author biography, introductory article, novel background, and vocabulary words), as well as brainstorming activities and...
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eBook
Planet eBooks

Planet E Book: Jane Eyre [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte is available here in PDF format. Jane Eyre, which was first released in 1847, is 691 pages pages long.
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Handout
New York University

Nyu: Literature, Arts and Medicine Database

For Students 9th - 10th
NYU's Literature, Arts and Medicine Database is a collection of writings, art and film that encompass the medical humanities. Full texts of fiction, poetry, drama and nonfiction are available, as well as artworks and film clips. Summary...
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eBook
Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: The Professor by Charlotte Bronte

For Students 9th - 10th
Published under the pseudonym of Currer Bell, this is one of Bronte's earliest works, formatted for online reading.
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eBook
University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: C. Bronte: The Professor

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of Charlotte Bronte's first novel, "The Professor." The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each chapter has downloadable support material which focuses on various...
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Website
University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of Charlotte Bronte's novel "Jane Eyre" can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 format. Teaching support material also available.
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

For Students 9th - 10th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1847, one publication is Jayne Eyre. This story was written by Charlotte Bronte.