Mrs. Dalloway Lesson Plan

In-class Free-Writing: Inner Monologue

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will explore the medium of 3rd-person introspection to better understand Woolf's mode of narration.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5

Structure:

Open this exercise by asking a student volunteer to read a paragraph-long passage from the first ten pages of Mrs. Dalloway, such as Clarissa's meeting with Hugh Whitbread or her thoughts while buying books at the bazaar.

Discuss, during a five-minute introductory lecture, how Woolf uses third-person introspection and inner monologue as the chief means of character and plot development...