The Days of Jane Eyre's Life

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...

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...

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...

Who is Currer Bell? The narrator his course on Jane Eyre with an overview of Charlotte Bronte’s life, her writings under the Currer Bell pseudonym, and a brief summary of the plot of the novel. He approaches the story as a mix of the...

"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...

As part of a study of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, class members compare the portion of Chapter IV, where Jane is criticized by Mrs. Reed and interrogated by Mr. Brocklehurst, with the film interpretation of the same scene.

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.

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...

In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions about Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this literature activity, 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.