THE YELLOW WALLPAPER BY CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN Day 2 Go ahead and open the text as well as your google document.

Objective We will create own ideas and opinions of the short story’s meaning through discussion with partners and discussion amongst the class

Homework Read pages of “The Yellow Wallpaper.”

Background Info Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a famous female writer who believed in social reform and feminism Suffered from depression and was forced to practice the “rest cure” Wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper” to protest use of the “rest cure”

Look for evidence that makes Gilman a Realist writer.

Terms to Know 1 st person POV- story told from narrator’s perspective using pronouns like “I” and “we” 2 nd person POV- story told from the perspective of “you,” putting the reading into the story. (To make lemonade, you add the juice of lemons to water and sugar). 3 rd person limited POV- story told from the perspective of a narrator with access to a particular character’s thoughts/feelings with pronouns like “he,” “she,” and “they” 3 rd person omniscient POV- story told from the perspective of an all-knowing narrator with pronouns like “he,” “she,” and “they”

Terms to Know Cont. Reliable narrator- a character whose telling of the story is considered trustworthy Unreliable narrator- a character whose telling of the story is not completely accurate or credible due to problems with the character's mental state or maturity

Vocabulary Flamboyant Lurid Recurrent Fatuity Undulating Temperament Convolution Misconstrued In your google doc: Write down each word and its definition. You can use the internet, your phone or a dictionary.

THE YELLOW WALLPAPER BY CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN

Free-write Why might our female narrator hide her writing from others such as John and his sister? How might you respond if someone told you that you could no longer write?

THE YELLOW WALLPAPER BY CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN

Free-write What characterizes a loving relationship? Does John display love for his wife?

1. I am confused about… 2. Two things I learned today are… 3. What I want to learn next is… 3 rd Hour Exit slip

4 th hour Exit slip 1.I am confused about… 2.Two things I learned today are… 3.What I want to learn next is…

6 th hour Exit slip 1. I am confused about… 2. Two things I learned today are… 3. What I want to learn next is…

7 th hour Exit slip 1. I am confused about… 2. Two things I learned today are… 3. What I want to learn next is…