Name: Student Journal Reading Schedule Group members: _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Jane Eyre Student Journal Due Date Discussion Date Introduction Pages 2–4 Chapters 1–4 Pages 5–6 Chapters 5–8 Pages 7–8 Chapters 9–12 Pages 9–10 Chapters 13–14 Pages 11–12 The Exchange Assessment Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Can you love someone who lies to you?
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What If?You really like a girl in your math class. You want to ask her to be your date at the school dance. You tell your best friend about the plan, but he doesn’t think you should ask her. You decide to ask her anyway. When you ask her, she says that she is going out of town that night.
On the night of the dance, your best friend calls to say he is sick and that you should both just skip the dance. You spent a lot of money on a new suit, so you want to go. At the dance, your best friend is there with the girl from your math class. He is not sick, and she is not out of town. She is his date.
Make notes about how this would affect you.
• How would you react?
• Would you still want to date the girl?
• Would you be able to forgive your best friend? Why or why not?
Connect to The Exchange Question Discuss how this situation could relate to The Exchange Question: Can you love someone who lies to you? Summarize your discussion.
Read the Introduction on pages 7–9 in Jane Eyre. The Introduction will help you understand key concepts in the book. Knowing them will help you discuss and write about the book.
The Introduction includes information about
• England in the mid-1800s—the setting of the story
• English society and the role of women during the Victorian Age
• how the author’s life experiences influenced the story
After you read the Introduction, answer these questions to check your understanding.
1. What was English society like during the Victorian Age?
2. What jobs were available to women during the Victorian Age? How did this affect the author?
3. How did the author’s life experiences influence the story?
Respond to Chapters 1–41. Personal Response Jane is happy at Thornfield. How does your
home make you happy?
2. Character Jane defends herself to her aunt, accepts her punishment from Mr. Brocklehurst, and starts a new life for herself. What does this tell you about her? Use the word independent in your response.
3. Foreshadowing Jane occasionally hears a strange and mysterious laugh coming from a room on the third floor. How does this laugh foreshadow what might happen next?
4. Generate Questions Write a question about this section for someone else reading this book. Exchange questions with them. Do you agree with their answer?
5. Setting Jane lives in three different places. Describe Jane’s homes in the order she lives in them, who she lives with, and how she is treated in the Sequence Chart.
How do the first two places where Jane lives help prepare her for the future?
Respond to Chapters 5–81. Personal Response Jane forgives Aunt Reed even though Aunt Reed
hurt her in the past. Do you find it easy or hard to forgive people who are mean to you? Why or why not?
2. Character’s Point of View Jane falls in love with Mr. Rochester but does not feel they could ever marry because of their class differences. Why does she feel this way? Use the word class in your response.
3. Conclusions Why does Mr. Rochester treat Jane differently from the other staff members?
4. Generate Questions Write a question about this section for someone else reading this book. Exchange questions with them. Do you agree with their answer?
5. Making Decisions Mr. Rochester does several mysterious things. Write what he does and what his actions show about him in the Character Description Chart.
Character Description Chart
If you were Jane, would you continue a friendship with Mr. Rochester despite his secretive behavior? Why or why not?
Respond to Chapters 9–121. Personal Response Jane receives a large sum of money when her
uncle dies. When have you received an unexpected or special gift? What was the gift and why was it special to you?
2. Character How does Mr. Rochester exclude Jane from his real life? Does this make him a good person or a bad person? Use the word exclude in your answer.
3. Inference Jane tells St. John that her name is Jane Elliot. Why doesn’t she want anyone to know who she really is?
4. Generate Questions Write a question about this section for someone else reading this book. Exchange questions with them. Do you agree with their answer?