Year 11 - English
'The Yellow Wallpaper': crafting voice
Fiction: inner musings
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils explore and practise emulating a range of different narrative voices. They explore narrative voice in 'Alias Grace', 'The Yellow Wallpaper' and 'Klara and the sun' before crafting their own narrative voices. At the end of the unit, they write a narrative with a compelling voice.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to evaluate how a writer constructs different voices and writes using a specific voice.
Key Notes
- In 'The Yellow Wallpaper', Perkins Gilman may have wanted to reveal more about John than the narrator herself.
- 'The Yellow Wallpaper' may be a critique of the patriarchal systems in place in the 1800s.
- The narrator's husband seems to come across as controlling, dismissive, patronising and authoritative.
- We can craft the narrator's husband voice using a range of methods such as imperatives, tag questions and modal verbs.
Vocabulary To Learn
- Authoritative: showing that you are confident, in control and expect to be obeyed
- Dismissive: treating someone as if they are unworthy of consideration
- Patronising: speaking to someone as if they are stupid or unimportant
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may not recognise how terms of endearment can be patronising.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
In 'The Yellow Wallpaper', Perkins Gilman may have wanted to reveal more about John than the narrator herself. 'The Yellow Wallpaper' may be a critique of the patriarchal systems in place in the 1800s.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'Authoritative'
showing that you are confident, in control and expect to be obeyed.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Pupils may not recognise how terms of endearment can be patronising. Correction: Terms of endearment are traditionally used as a sign of affection but they can be used to subdue, belittle or appease someone (depending on the context).
More Lessons In This Unit
- 'Alias Grace': forming opinions on characters Study Guide
- 'The Yellow Wallpaper': analysing character Study Guide
- Comparing dystopian voices Study Guide
- Conceptualising voice in fiction texts Study Guide
- Creating voice in our narratives Study Guide
- Emulating Atwood's use of an untrustworthy character in 'Alias Grace' Study Guide
- Emulating Ishiguro's use of an artificial voice in 'Klara and the Sun' Study Guide
- Exploring unique narrative voices Study Guide
- Exploring voice in 'Klara and the Sun' Study Guide
- Planning outstanding narratives Study Guide
- Writing a narrative with a compelling voice Study Guide
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