The Grapes of Wrath teacher pack
Five weeks of lessons on The Grapes of Wrath 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 3
The friends move from artillery shelter toward the firing line, revealing how jokes and uncertain reports shape their experience of danger.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 2Chapters 4 to 6
The friends cross exposed ground, encounter confusion in a captured trench, and endure shelling that shows their limited control over battle.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 3Chapters 7 to 10
Billy Simson is wounded, Larry becomes separated and leads a defense, and Kentucky faces close combat as friendship meets battle's limits.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 4Chapters 11 to 13
Kentucky carries a message, Pug's helmet chase sparks an advance, and tanks overcome a redoubt, exposing confusion and changing battlefield roles.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 5Chapters 14 to 16
Kentucky stays beside the dying Pug and later chooses Red Cross service, raising questions about loyalty, injury, and obligations after battle.
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 Grapes of Wrath
by Boyd Cable
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