The Sound and the Fury Lesson Plan

Stream of Consciousness

Kind of Activity:

Individual Writing

Objective:

Students will experiment with the novel's structure.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1.D

Structure:

One of the more famous parts of The Sound and the Fury is the stream-of-consciousness writing that Faulkner employs in Quentin's section. This style of writing seeks to replicate the way human minds work, emphasizing their disorganized qualities.

For this assignment, students will practice their own stream-of-consciousness writing. Individually, ask students to write about their walk to class earlier in the day. Encourage students to follow any digression, to avoid censoring...