What Maisie Knew teacher pack
Five weeks of lessons on What Maisie Knew 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 6
Maisie moves between hostile parents and contrasting governesses, learning secrecy while discovering that comfort depends on care rather than appearance.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 2Chapters 7 to 13
Maisie's schooling stalls as Miss Overmore becomes Mrs. Beale, while Sir Claude's affection raises questions about promises and responsibility.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 3Chapters 14 to 19
Maisie discovers concealed adult meetings and protects the Captain's confidence, showing how greater knowledge creates further demands on her loyalty.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 4Chapters 20 to 26
Travel takes Maisie from parental departures to France, where disputes about Mrs. Beale test adult promises and competing ideas of care.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 5Chapters 27 to 32
Maisie faces demands to choose between caregivers, makes her own condition for Sir Claude, and leaves with Mrs. Wix when he refuses.
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
What Maisie Knew
by Henry James
Teacher and class
Free for 3 months
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