The Homecoming Lesson Plan

Foreshadowing

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

Students will be able to explore the literary concept of foreshadowing as it relates to the play

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5

Structure:

Students have now read the entire play. In this activity, they will go back to the beginning of the play and find instances where Pinter foreshadowed events to come. Divide the class into groups of three or four. Explain to students the definition of foreshadowing: “Foreshadowing is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. Foreshadowing often appears at the beginning of a story, or...