Don Quixote teacher pack
Five weeks of lessons on Don Quixote 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 26
Don Quixote begins his adventures, ignores warnings, and causes harm, showing how belief can override evidence and undermine good intentions.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 2Chapters 27 to 52
Dorotea and the companions use disguises and enchantment stories to guide Don Quixote home, raising questions about deception and care.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 3Chapters 53 to 77
Don Quixote returns to adventure while Sancho invents Dulcinea’s enchantment, revealing how ambition, loyalty, and deception sustain their journey.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 4Chapters 78 to 103
The duke and duchess turn the companions’ beliefs into entertainment, while Sancho’s early government contrasts practical judgment with staged adventure.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 5Chapters 104 to 129
Sancho rejects office, Don Quixote accepts defeat, and their imagined shepherd life gives way to his final rejection of chivalry.
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
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Teacher and class
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