"The Doll's House" (Mansfield) Short Story Unit Guide, Lesson Plan

This no prep "The Doll's House" by Katherine Mansfield short story unit guide makes an excellent lesson for a British Literature course as it exemplifies the modern period of literature. The themes that emerge throughout the story – materialism, social classes, bullying, acceptance, kindness, innocence, and family – truly do resonate with today's teens. Additionally, the unit provides opportunity for covering such skills at characterization, symbolism, theme across texts, and more.

Student Experience: Students begin by noting background information on the time period and concept of doll houses. Next, students read the text and complete a set of text-based reading questions. After reading, students review the plot, then dig more deeply into the text by looking at figurative language and symbolism. Students will then make text-to-text connections with either the paired informational text or paired poetry tasks. Last, you can have students make text-to-self connections with the thematic art project.

Included in this teaching bundle:

1) Guided lesson plan

2) Paired Informational text and poem with questions

3) Standards

4) Comprehension questions with answers

5) Interactive Plot Review

6) Figurative Language Skill Drill

7) Link to info text article, text, and audio

8) Symbolism Skill Drill

9) Thematic creative art project

10) Background notes

11) Grammar practice

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