The Time Machine teacher pack
Five weeks of lessons on The Time Machine 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 3
The Time Traveller presents his experiment and returns injured, allowing students to examine how visible evidence challenges belief without removing doubt.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 2Chapters 4 to 7
The traveller meets the future inhabitants and loses his machine, exposing the gap between observation, confident explanations, and secure knowledge.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 3Chapters 8 to 10
Weena becomes the traveller’s companion as the Morlocks emerge, connecting personal care with danger and the limits of his explanations.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 4Chapters 11 to 14
Protective supplies fail to prevent Weena’s loss, and the traveller escapes into a distant future that deepens his sense of vulnerability.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 5Chapters 15 to 17
The traveller returns and disappears again, leaving the narrator to weigh uncertain evidence against the lasting comfort of Weena’s flowers.
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 30 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 Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
Teacher and class
Free for 3 months
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