Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Plot Development in Little Women

Use this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women to help your middle schooler analyze plot development! Designed for eighth-grade readers, this two-page worksheet features an excerpt from Chapter 18 of Little Women, in which Jo and Meg are watching over their sister Beth as she’s sick with scarlet fever. On page two, learners will respond to questions in which they will analyze how particular lines of dialogue and incidents propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision. For more targeted skills practice with excerpts from Little Women, check out the Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Point of View and Perspective in Little Women and Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Word Choice in Little Women worksheets.