Sister Carrie teacher pack
Five weeks of lessons on Sister Carrie 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
Carrie seeks work in Chicago and accepts Drouet’s support, showing how poverty and desire can limit personal freedom.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 2Chapters 10 to 19
Carrie develops a secret bond with Hurstwood and succeeds onstage, linking deception, romantic rivalry, and the first signs of artistic independence.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 3Chapters 20 to 28
Carrie discovers Hurstwood’s marriage, while his theft and false emergency show how control of information damages trust and choice.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 4Chapters 29 to 38
Hurstwood loses his business and retreats from work, while Carrie’s chorus job changes their financial dependence without removing its pressures.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 5Chapters 39 to 47
Carrie gains stage fame and leaves Hurstwood, but his fatal decline and her loneliness separate material success from lasting satisfaction.
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
Sister Carrie
by Theodore Dreiser
Teacher and class
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