Week+6

=Week 6 = =American Literature = ===Unit Five: The Changing Face of America 1855-1925 Part 1 Women's Voices, Women's Lives === ===Reading Assignments: ===
 * Monday || pages 765-781 || Short Story ||
 * Tuesday || pages 765-781 || Short Story ||
 * Wednesday || Free Read || Free Read ||
 * Thursday || pages 782-787 || Short Story ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Friday || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">pages 782-787 || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Short Story ||

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">**Assignment**: Extend the Story Write a sequel or prequel to //The Yellow Wallpaper//. What will happen to the narrator and her husband? How do they move on? Or what was the narrator and her husband's courtship like? How did they meet? 2-3 page story extension due Friday.

__<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Monday & Tuesday Discussion: __ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What can you infer about the narrator? How does the narrator feel about marriage? Why is the narrator writing in secret? Describe the relationship between the narrator and her husband. What do the details about the room suggest about its function? Who are the baby and Mary? Why can’t the narrator be with the baby? Describe the effect the wallpaper is having on the narrator. Why does the narrator say that she is fond of the room both in spite of and because of the wallpaper? How would you explain the figure beginning to appear in the wallpaper? How does the narrator spend her time? What does the narrator think would help her? Is the rest cure working? Who do you think the woman in the wallpaper represents? At the end, what does the narrator believe?

__<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Thursday & Friday Discussion: __ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">What did you learn from the first two paragraphs? What disease afflicts Mrs. Mallard? How does Mrs. Mallard react to the news of her husband's death? What does Mrs. Mallard learn at the end of the story? What happens at the end of the story? How did you react?