👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective
Students will apply foreshadowing using the examples and practice below.

Vocabulary
foreshadowing, effect

Teaching Notes

• Model one response, then ask students to work independently and explain their choices with specific words or evidence.
• Teach the rule, discuss the worked example, and cover answers during practice.
• Use incorrect responses to identify which part of the rule needs another example.
• Allow approximately 25–35 minutes, including discussion and independent practice.

🧒 Student Worksheet

Concept and Helping Material

Big Idea
Foreshadowing gives an early hint of an event that occurs later. The link becomes clearer when the later event happens.

Before the walk, Jo noticed a dark cloud beyond the hill. She tucked the map into a waterproof pouch. Halfway down the path, rain began to fall. The group’s notes stayed dry.

Vocabulary and Definition

• — the literary technique explained in the Big Idea
• — a result or influence on the reader

Words to Learn

foreshadowing, effect

Sentences to Fill In

1. The term for the literary technique explained in the Big Idea is ____.
2. The term for a result or influence on the reader is ____.

Think & Respond Q&A

1. What early detail hints at rain?
2. What action prepares for a later problem?
3. Which later event connects to the hint?
4. Does every early detail necessarily foreshadow an event?
5. Add an early hint to a story about a missing key.
6. Explain what your hint prepares the reader for.

Hands-On Experiment or Activities

Write a developed paragraph applying the skill. Revise for precision, explain your decisions, and check whether another interpretation is possible.

Reflection

• Explain one thing you learned.
• Write a developed paragraph applying the skill. Revise for precision, explain your decisions, and check whether another interpretation is possible.