Brothers teacher pack
Five weeks of lessons on Brothers 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
Mark protects Archibald, faces physical limits, and turns toward painting, opening discussion of strength beyond bodily success.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 2Chapters 10 to 17
Mark leaves painting for religious service, offers Archibald his sermon, and struggles to balance love, ambition, and failing health.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 3Chapters 18 to 26
Hidden authorship and concealed illness separate Mark and Betty, while recovery, jealousy, and marriage expose the damage caused by silence.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 4Chapters 27 to 34
Mark pursues writing while supporting Archibald, as Betty’s marriage reveals conflicts between private care, public ambition, and duty.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 5Chapters 35 to 43
Betty discovers Mark’s authorship, rejects their escape, and later dies, leaving the brothers to move from bitterness toward mutual care.
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
Brothers
by Horace Annesley Vachell
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