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One of my favorite novels to teach, I’ve revisited and revised my Things Fall Apart resources and included a comprehensive range of activities for the entire novel. Each unit included in this comprehensive bundle focuses on different aspects of this African classic worth teaching (and standards-aligned) Examples of the activities included in each unit are: 1. Comprehension & Close Reading Questions for each chapter of Things Fall Apart 2. Let’s Get Quizzical! - Quote Hunt Quiz for each chapter (a great way to quickly review comprehension and reading with students, these quote hunt quizzes can be used as a springboard for close reading and other activities. 3. The Novel In Context - These activities focus on various aspects of the novel’s context of composition and interpretation, including the history of Nigeria, colonization, the role of women, Igbo culture, traditions, etc. 4. Analyzing Characters / Themes / Setting / Figurative Devices / Symbols / Conflicts etc. - these are a range of guided close reading activities; each focuses on different literary aspects of the novel, selected as most appropriate for each chapter. A great way to facilitate a closer look at key aspects of this literary masterpiece and to practice key close reading and inference skills. 5. Creative Writing Tasks - a range of creative writing prompts and tasks for each chapter, allows your students to engage with the story, characters, main ideas, etc. of the story in a more personal, creative, and empathetic manner. 7. Making Connections - these activities introduce/focus on the various allusions/connections made to other literary works and texts in Things Fall Apart, including Greek tragedy, the concept of the tragic hero, and W. B. Yeats’ poem “The Second Coming” (which inspired Achebe’s title of the novel - Things Fall Apart). These are crucial activities and materials to teach a more in’de 8. Teacher’s Guide (Model Answers + Commentary + Analysis) - Each unit of work (for each chapter) includes a comprehensive teacher’s guide, which itself includes model answers for all the activities as well as a detailed plot summary and analysis of the respective chapter, designed for teachers who are new to the novel, or veterans who wish to gain fresh insights, as well as for students working independently in a home-schooling setting or in a distance learning environment. 9. I’ve also included all my pre-reading and post-reading activities and assessments in this bundle! Happy teaching! Feedback is always welcome!

This comprehensive bundle includes all my worksheets, activities and teaching resources for the play “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen. The bundle includes the following range of activities (and more!): 1. Comprehension Check & Quick Quiz: Various quick quiz activities offer an engaging, scaffolded comprehension check of key scenes or parts of the play (Act 1-3). The activities are also designed to segway into the main learning objectives of each follow-up activity or the main focus of the unit. 2. Close Reading and Analysis Activities: The bundle includes a range of close reading & analysis activities that cover various important aspects of the play including: symbolism motifs themes characterisation language & style feminist criticism and gender* 3. Making Connections / Historical Context: Included is a range of informative texts, activities, etc. that allow students to engage with the context(s) of the play as well as to make connections to key issues and aspects of Ibsen’s life and times. 4. Exam Preparation & Revision Activities: With the requirements of the IGCSE / IB and also the A-Level exams in mind, these activities are specifically designed to teach and allow students to practice key skills required to succeed in said exams. Included is a range of suitable assessments and mock-exam-style questions, also suitable for independent study and revision. 5. Teacher’s Guide + ANSWER KEY: I’ve included detailed model answers and responses to all of the activities as well as a teacher’s guide with learning objectives and recommendations for teaching each unit. 6. BUNDLE BONUS: Roadmap for Teaching / Scheme of Work: As a bundle-only bonus, I’ve included a scheme of work or roadmap for teaching the play using the resources included. The roadmap provides a chronology for reading the play in class as well as the learning objectives and the suitable assessment activities along the way. This comprehensive bundle aims to include everything needed to teach this challenging but rewarding literary classic. ***Feedback is always welcome! Happy teaching!***