Little Women teacher pack
Five weeks of lessons on Little Women 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 9
The sisters begin practising generosity, form friendships with their neighbors, and confront anger, pride, and the pressure to appear wealthy.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 2Chapters 10 to 19
Shared amusements give way to neglected duties and family illness, showing how responsibility requires work, sacrifice, and care across separation.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 3Chapters 20 to 28
Recovery and Meg’s marriage reshape family life, while Amy’s disappointment and Jo’s writing test ambition, money, and responsibility.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 4Chapters 29 to 38
Jo faces choices about writing and love, Beth reveals her approaching death, and Meg learns to share family work.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 5Chapters 39 to 47
Beth’s death changes Jo’s duties, while new marriages, renewed work, and Plumfield connect love with responsibility beyond the family.
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
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
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