THE YELLOW WALLPAPER This week’s plans…

MONDAY’S PLANS Re-reading the The Yellow Wallpaper entry by entry Re-reading the The Yellow Wallpaper entry by entry Discussion & Questions Discussion & Questions

FIRST ENTRY (38-40) How would you describe the story's setting? Why is the setting significant? How would you describe the story's setting? Why is the setting significant? What is the narrator's style of writing? What is her tone? What is the narrator's style of writing? What is her tone? What does the narrator believe would be the best cure for her? How does this contrast with what her husband and brother say? What does the narrator believe would be the best cure for her? How does this contrast with what her husband and brother say?

SECOND ENTRY (40-44) How does the narration mimic the narrator's mental state? How does the narration mimic the narrator's mental state? The wallpaper The wallpaper The furniture The furniture The room The room What other character is introduced? Who is she? What’s her role? What other character is introduced? Who is she? What’s her role?

THIRD ENTRY (44-45) What is the narrator describing through this entry? What is the narrator describing through this entry?

FOURTH ENTRY (45-46) What does this passage suggest about the relationship between the narrator and her husband? What does this passage suggest about the relationship between the narrator and her husband? How would you characterize the narrator in this entry? How would you characterize the husband? How would you characterize the narrator in this entry? How would you characterize the husband? What do we learn about the wallpaper? What do we learn about the wallpaper? What have we learned about the narrator in this entry? What have we learned about the narrator in this entry?

FIFTH ENTRY (46-49) How would you describe the narrator's mental state? How would you describe the narrator's mental state? How has she changed? How has she changed? What is her tone at this point in the story? What is her tone at this point in the story?

SIXTH ENTRY (49-50), SEVENTH ENTRY (50-51), EIGHTH ENTRY (51), NINTH ENTRY (51-52), & TENTH ENTRY (52) What do you notice about the narrator's diction? What do you notice about the narrator's diction? How does the narration change? How does the narration change?

ELEVENTH ENTRY (53-55) What is the woman’s plan? What is she doing? What is the woman’s plan? What is she doing? What does the narrator mean by, "I got out at last?" What does the narrator mean by, "I got out at last?" What does the ending of this story suggest about the woman behind the wall-paper? What does the ending of this story suggest about the woman behind the wall-paper?

TUESDAY’S PLANS The Yellow Wallpaper Video Clip The Yellow Wallpaper Video Clip Group work with post reading questions Group work with post reading questions Discussion Discussion

WEDNESDAY’S AND THURSDAY’S PLANS Yellow Wallpaper Stations Yellow Wallpaper Stations

FRIDAY’S PLANS Yellow Wallpaper Conclusions Discussion Yellow Wallpaper Conclusions Discussion Symbols Discussion Symbols Discussion

CONCLUSION ARGUMENTS After reading the three different conclusions, pick the conclusion that you agree with the most. After reading the three different conclusions, pick the conclusion that you agree with the most. You’ll break up into groups to work on these arguments, then present as a group. You’ll break up into groups to work on these arguments, then present as a group.

YOUR CHOICES Argument 1: “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a story that presents two people who are both trapped in their gender roles. The narrator is a wife who is frustrated because she can’t communicate what she really thinks and wants. Her husband, John, is a well-known doctor who isn’t sure how to help her. Argument 1: “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a story that presents two people who are both trapped in their gender roles. The narrator is a wife who is frustrated because she can’t communicate what she really thinks and wants. Her husband, John, is a well-known doctor who isn’t sure how to help her. Argument 2: “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a story about a woman who is confined and silenced. In the end, she is defeated as she finally gives in to the madness and is found creeping along the floor of the room. Argument 2: “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a story about a woman who is confined and silenced. In the end, she is defeated as she finally gives in to the madness and is found creeping along the floor of the room. Argument 3: “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a story about a woman, who though she is confined and silenced, triumphs. In the end, she achieves a greater sense of self as she acts out her madness. Argument 3: “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a story about a woman, who though she is confined and silenced, triumphs. In the end, she achieves a greater sense of self as she acts out her madness.

SYMBOLS, IMAGERY, & THEME What symbols have we found in The Yellow Wallpaper? What symbols have we found in The Yellow Wallpaper? What do they mean? What do they mean? How does Gilman use them to make her point? How does Gilman use them to make her point? What imagery did Gilman use? What imagery did Gilman use? Was this effective? Was this effective? What did it do to the story? What did it do to the story? What themes are present in The Yellow Wallpaper? What themes are present in The Yellow Wallpaper? The moral of the story? The moral of the story? Modernism themes? Modernism themes?