The Aeneid teacher pack
Five weeks of lessons on The Aeneid 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 1Books 1 to 2
Juno’s storm and Aeneas’s account of Troy’s fall introduce the conflict between personal grief, family protection, and a promised future.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 2Books 3 to 5
Mistaken guidance, Dido’s death, and the crisis in Sicily show how the journey toward Italy brings loss and divided loyalties.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 3Books 6 to 7
Aeneas meets the dead and reaches his destined home, but lasting grief and Juno’s interference prevent an easy arrival.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 4Books 8 to 10
Aeneas gains allies and divine armor while the siege, the friends’ failed mission, and Pallas’s death expose the costs of war.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 5Books 11 to 12
Funeral honors and peace proposals briefly interrupt war, but divine interference and grief lead to the final killing of Turnus.
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 Aeneid
by Virgil
Teacher and class
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