The Bloody Chamber Lesson Plan

“If I’d only known then…”

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Through close reading, students will identify examples of foreshadowing and symbolism and practice making inferences

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.11-12.1; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.11-12.6; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.11-12.1; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.11-12.4

Structure:

The narrator of “The Bloody Chamber” tells the story when she’s older and wiser, and she seems to have spent quite a bit of time thinking about how naïve she was and how lucky she was to escape. Looking back, she identifies quite a few things that might have clued her in about the Marquis earlier,...