The Monk teacher pack
Five weeks of lessons on The Monk for ages 14 to 18: a plan, a worksheet and the answers for each week, a final essay with a marking guide, and a reading certificate to print. Free to use in class.
Five weeks, week by week
- Week 1Chapters 1 to 2
Lorenzo offers Antonia help while Ambrosio exposes Agnes, raising questions about untested virtue and the unequal use of mercy.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 2Chapters 3 to 5
Raymond explains his hidden identity and love for Agnes as deceptive hospitality, family pressure, and convent secrecy obstruct safety and marriage.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 3Chapters 6 to 7
Ambrosio hides his affair, abandons Agnes, and assaults Antonia before accepting magical help, exposing the violence beneath his religious reputation.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 4Chapters 8 to 10
Elvira’s murder leaves Antonia vulnerable, while efforts to investigate Agnes’s fate lead to public accusation, deadly violence, and the convent’s destruction.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 5Chapters 11 to 12
Ambrosio’s rape and murder of Antonia lead to capture and a fatal bargain, revealing the destructive outcome of concealment and temptation.
Plan · worksheet · answers
Assessment
Final essay
Three questions to choose from, 800 to 1,200 words, with a marking guide in four bands.
Quiz bank
The 29 questions and 40 flashcards online, for homework or a quick check in class. Open the quiz
Discussion
Questions for small groups, meeting by meeting. The book club kit
Reading certificate
Certificate of reading
Student's name
has read
The Monk
by M. G. Lewis
Teacher and class
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