"A Haunted House" by Virginia Woolf Resource Bundle

With this printable bundle of high school resources for teaching “A Haunted House” by Virginia Woolf, educators will measure reading comprehension with a multiple choice quiz on character and plot and support high-order thinking with a set of close reading analysis questions. A copy of the public domain short story and answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats.

This resource may serve as the basis for small-group discussions. Through these discussions, students decode language and pose/respond to questions relating to plot, broad topics, and character development, demonstrating an ability to analyze how complex characters transform and advance the plot and themes by applying logic and citing compelling, meaningful textual evidence. They will also evaluate their peers’ reasoning and use of rhetoric to advance claims, clarifying or challenging unclear ideas. Using this resource for structured guidance, students, ultimately, will present information, conclusions, and supporting textual evidence clearly, concisely, and appropriately, thereby helping their peers comprehend their thinking.

By engaging with these materials, students will:

• Identify what the text states explicitly as well as implicitly
• Analyze the author’s narrative technique to discern how she emphasizes multiple presences in the house
• Infer why the author incorporates references to second-person you
• Discern the significance of active present participles in the text
• Analyze the effect of sibilant phrases on the reader
• Apply knowledge of literary devices to the text, with emphasis placed on personification, anaphora, and symbolism
• Discern and articulate the significance of the window
• Analyze a passage in the text to discern the author’s intent as it relates to characterization
• Analyze character actions and dialogue to discern their primary intent
• Cite relevant textual evidence in support of claims
• Write with clarity and precision