Movie thoughts?
Back to the text . .. What are John's words? Does point of view make a difference? To what extent can the reader believe the narrator?
What if:
A. The setting changed? City? Desert? Island? Frozen North? etc?
B. John became the narrator instead of the wife?
C. The story were reported by today's news?
At your table, select one of the "what ifs" and discuss. Assign one scribe to record. Assign one "voice" to share the revised version with the class.
Another way of looking at the story . . .
1. What would you expect to find in a haunted house? Think/pair/share/draw ONE item on the board! (Each group will have a section of the white board to use for the group's "haunted house." Or, your group may decide to create a picture of a haunted house using computer graphics. PowerPoint and Word will let you drag and drop graphics - but, of course, you know that!)
Now, take a look at this site. http://www.virtualsalt.com/gothic.htm
Look
back at "The Yellow Wallpaper" and make a list of all of the gothic
items. This leads to the question, Is the narrator in the insane, or is
the house haunted? Perhaps the story contains a bit of both.
2.
Common medical practice for curing depression after child birth and
depression itself in the early 1900s . . . Note that John was simply
giving his wife the best medicine there was at the time - or was he?
3. Wallpaper patterns at the turn of the century https://www.google.com/search?q=wlllpaper+for+1900&oq=wlllpaper+for+1900&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l2.4276j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtepIKeNHPU Watch, take notes, discuss in class - as time permits.
Getting ready to write . . .
A. Who is a fault: John, Narrator, Wallpaper, Medical community, the House, or something else? What proof is there?
B. Writing a definition essay:
C. What word best "defines" the short story. Fill in the blank. "The Yellow Wallpaper" is all about ____________________. (Let's generate some possibilities in class.)
Homework:
1. Select a term to define. The term will serve as a one-word explanation of the story.
2. Start gathering information. Fill in quotations, dictionary definition, synonyms, and antonyms. Keep track of your sources.
Name:
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2 or 3 Quotations:
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The word in literature.
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What it is NOT: (Negative definition)
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The word in history:
Source:
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Word/Concept to be defined:
Personal Definition- Use your own words.
Dictionary Definition:
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The word in poetry/art/media:
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Synonyms – What it is.
Personal example – show what the word is in your world.
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The word in the news:
Source:
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How two classmates define the
word:
A.
B.
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