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Open Window
By Saki
Warm Up Activity
• Write about a time when someone played a
prank on you or you played a prank on someone
else. What happened?
Making Predictions
• Based on the title and the discussion, what do
you think the story is going to be about?
Annotating
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Summarize
Predict
Ask questions
Make comments
Plot Diagram and Character
Analysis
• Draw a plot diagram and explain the
conflict.
• Write a character analysis for Framton
Nuttel.
• Write a character analysis for Vera.
Discussion Questions
1. Fully describe the story’s setting,
including place and time (month and
approximate year).
2. Has the trip helped Framton’s mental
condition? Why or why not?
3. What explanation does Vera offer when
Framton leaves the rectory? How is her
explanation ironic?
Discussion Questions
4. Foreshadowing plays a major role in the
story. Describe one instance of
foreshadowing.
5. If you were the author of this story, would
you have ended “The Open Window” in
the same was that SAKI did? Why or
why not? Explain.