Charlotte Brontë,
Jane Eyre
Lesson plans and teaching resources
Charlotte Brontë
Biography only, from the Internet Public Library.
Charlotte Brontë
A variety of links, including background information, setting, imagery, characterization, and critical essays on the novel.
Charlotte Brontë,
Jane Eyre
Background, analysis, and related links.
11 Lessons That
Jane Eyre
Can Teach Every 21st Century Woman About How To Live Well
A wonderful nonfiction piece that could serve for postreading or as a creative pre-reading activity.
The Gothic
In this video from the British Library (8:51), Professor John Bowen discusses key motifs in Gothic novels, including the uncanny, the sublime and the supernatural. Includes brief discussion of sexuality as motif; preview for appropriateness. Also available at YouTube,
here
.
It's All in the Delivery: Adapting Prose for Reader's Theater
"In this lesson, students will explore how delivering text conveys intent and meaning. They will then adapt any text being studied in class into script formats for discussion and presentations." This lesson is designed to be used with
Jane Eyre
but lends itself well to rhetorical analysis of almost any work.
Jane Eyre
Downloadable text of the novel in multiple formats, including EPUB, Kindle, and plain text.
Jane Eyre
This site supports the PBS broadcast. It includes biography, description of the role of the governess, and related links.
Jane Eyre
Summary, characters, analysis, quotations, biography.
Jane Eyre
Themes, cross-curricular activities, and research assignments.
Norton Conyers as the inspiration for Thornfield Hall in Charlotte Brontë's
Jane Eyre
A photo of the manor house today, critical commentary, and a map of the area.
Studying relationships in
Jane Eyre
Helpful analysis.
A Victorian Vocabulary Challenge
Students will use VocabGrabber to preview vocabulary words in a quote from
Jane Eyre
, draw sketches based on verbal imagery, define vocabulary words using the Visual Thesaurus, and complete a Victorian sentence completion exercise, using contextual clues and process of elimination.
Viewer, She Marries Him: Comparing
Jane Eyre
in Literature and Film
In this lesson students consider the themes and characters of Charlotte Brontë's novel
Jane Eyre
, beginning with responding to key lines from the novel. They then engage in one of seven activities designed to guide them to deeper reading of the text. Some of the activities involve considering one or more film adaptations, including a 2011 movie version. Finally, they compare the life of someone they know, or themselves, with Jane Eyre.
Vocabulary from
Jane Eyre
Words are presented in context and with definitions. Click on a word for pronunciation, examples of recent use, more.