Seize the Day Lesson Plan

Free Indirect Style

Kind of Activity:

Group Discussion

Objective:

Students will learn to identify free indirect style in Bellow's writing and practice writing their own passages using this technique.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4

Structure:

Part 1:

First, students should be placed into groups of 3 or 4. Then, as a group, they should read the following introductory article to free indirect style written by Oliver Tearle:

A Short Introduction to Free Indirect Style

As they read, students should answer the following questions:

1. In your own words, what is free indirect style? How can you recognize it?

2. How is it different than an omniscient...