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Call Me Ishmael:
An Introduction to Narrative Voice
Grade Level:
9
Subject:
Language Arts
Topic:
Reading Comprehension
Objective:
Students should be able to evaluate how the author's narrative voice contributes to the meaning of a passage, and (by extension) how the choice of narrative voice contributes to our understanding of the work as a whole.
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When I assign groups for the writing exercise, I will ensure my strongest writers have the opportunity to be the 'lead writer' for each group: it should give the stronger writers the extra challenge of justifying their ideas, and they may also provide good pointers for the less strong writers.
I will assign Sasha to lead the 'Less self-aware than Ishmael' group to give her a strong outlet for her creativity.
I will make group assignments by personality so my quieter students are not overshadowed.
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Students seemed to really understand how Melville COULD have used the different narrative voices that the students used in their rewrites of the opening paragraph, and this seemed to lead to a greater understanding of Ishmael's desire for certainty in telling his story.
The writing exercise helped students really engage with the text. I will use similar exercises in the future for this class, since they really responded well to it.
The weak spot was that the 'Less self-aware than Ishmael' group strayed a bit far from the text and didn't add as much to the comparison of different narrative voices as I'd hoped. In future, I will keep my prompts more narrowly focused or provide extra support to groups at risk of going off-track.
