Reader Response Starters: The Yellow Wallpaper

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Reader Response Starters --

These are sentence starters that will get you involved in the literature. Choose one from each category.

Tapping prior knowledge

I already know that . . . the main charter belives she is sick but her husband and brother, who are both physicians dont belive she is.
This reminds me of . . .
This relates to . . .

Asking questions

I wonder why . . .John dosent belive in things that can not be seen or touched.
What if . . .
How come . . .

Predicting

I’ll bet that . . .the narrator trys to do somthing to cure her boardom that willl get her in trouble.
I think . . .
If , then . . .

Visualizing

I can picture . . . the nursery room and the gross yellow wallpaper and rings on the wall.
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. .that the main cahrter dosent really have anyone who wont think shes crazy. Reflecting and Relating (Paragragh)

So, the big idea is . . .that the main cahrter feels trapped in her own body. She states at one point that shes ok in the sense of her body, and infering that her mind was not. At first she feels like getting out because the room in creppy but the more people re telling her to rest the more she wants to leave. But then she dosent find the room creppy and peiple want her to go outside but she cant becaseu she needs to find a way to be free from them.
A conclusion I’m drawing is . . .
This is relevant to my life because . . .

Evaluating (Paragraph)

I like how the author uses writing as the audicene veiw point because . . . it gives the reader a look inside Janes mind. It shows what she is thinking thouhgt out, and shows how her feels towrad John change. Jane tells us about all her conversations wiht John and his siter. She talks about how she can see the lady from the wallpaper outside hinding from the sun or somthing, this could repersent women who feel they have to hide becasue of manily influnce.
This could be more effective if . . .
The most important message is . .

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