Gadsby teacher pack
Five weeks of lessons on Gadsby 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 1Parts 1 to 9
Gadsby and the young people transform Branton Hills through public projects, showing how shared work challenges resistance and creates opportunities.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 2Parts 10 to 17
Marriages, new learning opportunities, Virginia’s testimony, and the rescue of retired horses reveal the different forms of care a growing community needs.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 3Parts 18 to 26
Disputes over public space, acts of kindness, the Antors’ deaths, and war test whether civic progress can meet personal suffering.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 4Parts 27 to 34
Wartime separation, a hospital wedding, returning troops, and a missing baby show why care requires patience, companionship, and attention to emotional needs.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 5Parts 35 to 43
Changed relationships, Norman’s recovery, Lady Gadsby’s illness, and Thanksgiving return attention to patient care and young people’s part in civic leadership.
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
Gadsby
by Ernest Vincent Wright
Teacher and class
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