Day 2

The Wild Duck Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

For this section, students should read Act II of The Wild Duck.

Common Core Objectives

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Note that it is perfectly fine to expand any day’s work into two days depending on the characteristics of the class, particularly if the class will engage in all of the suggested classroom exercises and activities and discuss all of the thought questions.

Content Summary for Teachers

Act II

Act II begins in the modest apartment of the Ekdal family, where Hjalmar’s wife Gina and his daughter Hedvig are lounging about in the main room. They are soon joined by Old Ekdal, who goes upstairs to drink alone, and then by Hjalmar himself. Gina and Hedvig ask him about the party, and he...

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