Middlemarch teacher pack
Five weeks of lessons on Middlemarch 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 18
Dorothea chooses Casaubon while Lydgate begins his medical work, introducing the gap between personal hopes and sound judgment.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 2Chapters 19 to 35
Dorothea faces disappointment in marriage, Fred harms the Garths through debt, and Lydgate’s flirtation becomes an engagement.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 3Chapters 36 to 53
Casaubon’s demands and death reshape Dorothea’s freedom, while useful work and financial pressures test other characters’ hopes.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 4Chapters 54 to 70
Fred chooses practical work, Lydgate and Rosamond struggle over debt, and Bulstrode’s concealed past threatens his position.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 5Chapters 71 to 88
Scandal tests Lydgate’s independence, Dorothea turns grief into practical compassion, and the final marriages reveal different kinds of fulfillment.
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 39 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
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
Teacher and class
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