Why teach foreshadowing in Literature?

Teaching foreshadowing in short stories may cover the following Common ELA Standards. 

1. RL.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
2. RL.9-10.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text
3. RL.9-10.5  Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.

Two Minute Lesson Plan: Suspense Lesson Plan

I’m a big fan of charts.  This chart deals with suspense. This link connects to short stories for teaching suspense.

1. Discuss how writers create suspense: (1) foreshadowing; (2) pacing; (3) dangerous action
2. Create a two-column chart.
3. In the left column write an example of how the author creates suspense.  In the right column, label it as pacing, dangerous action, or foreshadowing.

Check out this Suspense in the”Most Dangerous Game” chart. It’s a word document, so you can edit its contents to fit whatever story you wish.

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