A Doll's House Lesson Plan

Character Study & Re-Imagined Scenes

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will be able to examine the characters' perspectives and motivations in the play through a creative writing exercise.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.3; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.10

Structure:

Ask students to form small groups and generate some bulletpoints about the various characters in the play--identifying their most prominent attributes and their arcs throughout the action of the play. After they have had a few minutes to discuss and take notes, come back together as a class.

Assign students an exercise to deepen their exploration of a character. They...