This teaching unit focuses on Act 2 of the seminal play A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen with a particular focus on exploring Ibsen’s use of soliloquies linked to a scaffolded approach to close reading and passage-based analysis and writing.
The play is a particular success with IB or A-Level students, but the resources can be used with any upper school / high school class!
The unit includes:
1. Comprehension: Quick Quiz Activities: A fun, quick quiz activity to test your students’ reading, and to enable an engaging introduction to the main topics and learning objectives of the unit.
2. Ibsen’s Use of Inner Monologue and Soliloquies: This informative activity provides a critical glimpse at Ibsen’s use of inner monologues and soliloquies as a vehicle for character development in the play. Critical discussion and reflection questions round out the activity.
3**. Close Reading & Analysis: Writing a Passage-Based Response**: This engaging activity guides students through an analysis of a pivotal scene from Ibsen’s A Doll’s House (the end of Act 2). Students will examine how Ibsen utilizes stage directions and dialogue to build suspense and create a sense of impending doom, they will also look at how Ibsen’s use of inner monologue and soliloqy ties in with his staging of the symbolic tarantella dance to develop the plot, Nora’s character, and as a way to foreshadow what’s to come. Activities include identifying key dramatic elements, analyzing character reactions, and interpreting the significance of specific language choices.
4. Teacher’s Guide & Model Answers for all activities. The teacher’s guide includes detailed model answers for all activities and is designed to help you prepare for a perfect teaching unit.
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