





This teaching unit focuses on Act 3 of the seminal play A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen with a particular focus on how key scenes foreshadow plot developments, turning points, the development of central themes and character arcs as well as the end of the play.
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. A Brief Introduction to Foreshadowing in A Doll’s House: This informative activity provides a critical introduction to foreshadowing as linked to A Doll’s House, and it explores how foreshadowing can be an effective technique to develop tension, suspense, develop central themes as well as characters in a story.
3. Close Reading & Analysis Activity: Foreshadowing in A Doll’s House: This comprehensive activity offers a deep dive into three different scenes and moments of foreshadowing and development in the play. The guided, scaffolded activities allow for a scaffolded yet advanced, critical analysis of the way Ibsen masterfully employs foreshadowing. The activity is also designed to facilitate a connected, holistic review of the play, because students are encouraged to link foreshadowing to character development, key themes, symbolism, as well as issues of gender and societal constraints or conflicts in the play.
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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