Jo March is all grown up in Louisa May Alcott's Little Men, and a new generation of children is benefitting from her tutelage. Young learners read a passage from the novel before answering four comprehension questions about plot details and contextual vocabulary. 

Concepts

little women, louisa may alcott, reading comprehension

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Include in a reading assessment packet or assign as homework 

Classroom Considerations

• Language and characters from the excerpt may make more sense if learners are already reading Little Men or have previously read Little Women
• Background of the worksheet is in color, and printing in black and white may affect readability

Pros

• Includes an answer key
• One-page format makes the resource easy to copy and distribute

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.4.1 RL.5.1