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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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PPT
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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introducing Jane Eyre

For Teachers 8th - 12th
"How can a magazine reflect a particular time and culture?" Using this prompt, your class explores the Victorian Era as it relates to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. They can also play the "Victorian Women's Rights" game for the year 1840...
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PPT
Curated OER

Romanticism: The Artistic Expression of Liberalism

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
The epic clash of reason and emotion comes to life in this informative presentation. Detailing the period of Romanticism in 19th century Europe, these slides contain pictures of the most famous pieces of art during this period. Viewers...
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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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Organizer
Curated OER

KWHL Strategy for Jane Eyre

For Students 10th - 11th
Have you ever attended a boarding school? Do you know anyone that has? Before beginning Jane Eyre, have your class use the KWHL chart included to explore the topic of boarding schools. What makes this chart unique is the H portion, which...
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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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Interactive
Curated OER

Jane Eyre Quiz

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions about Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Jane Eyre - Essay Questions

For Students 10th - 12th
In this literature worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Bronte's Jane Eyre. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Days of Jane Eyre's Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch the movie Jane Eyre and complete a viewing log. They take a test on their findings.
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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: Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre (1846)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains the full text of Charlotte Bronte's novel "Jane Eyre," including prefaces to the second and third editions.
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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
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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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.