Hyperion teacher pack
Five weeks of lessons on Hyperion 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 8
Flemming travels along the Rhine to Heidelberg, where grief, warnings against impossible desires, and friendship raise questions about comfort and isolation.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 2Chapters 9 to 16
Spring in Heidelberg brings debates, student violence, and Emma’s troubled attachment, testing ideas about renewal, judgment, and self-control.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 3Chapters 17 to 24
Flemming parts from the Baron, crosses Alpine landscapes, and meets Mary, exploring how friendship and surroundings shape restless feelings.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 4Chapters 25 to 32
Flemming’s attachment to Mary grows and fails, while news of Emma’s death and Berkley’s advice connect love with sorrow and support.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 5Chapters 33 to 40
Illness, companionship, and encounters with death lead Flemming toward useful action, though hearing Mary again reveals that his pain remains.
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
Hyperion
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Teacher and class
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