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English T

Unit 4: Perspectives

The Unreliable Narrator

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“The Unreliable Narrator” Unit Developed by Lisa Hammond and Rachael Radvanyi Canberra College

Short Stories:Charles - Shirley JacksonThe Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Tell Tale Heart - Edgar Allen PoeThe Cask of Amontillado - Edgar Allen Poe

Novel(s): The Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger The LIfe of Pi - Yann Martel

Film: Shutter Island

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PLC focus: Coaxing students to thinkIntellectual Rigour

Treating knowledge as problematic

Looking at texts as deliberately constructed,

Emphasis on interpretation and identifying multiple perspectives.

Getting students to construct knowledge, theories and ideas.

Making the shift to make reading and viewing a text an interactive process.

Who would you believe?There has been a serious case of vandalism

in a school car park.

Police turn up to investigate.

Rank the witnesses in order of most to least

reliable

● 5 year old child

● His mother, a lawyer on maternity leave

● 15 year old boy with spray paint all over

his hands

● 14 year old girl who was with the boy

● The teacher whose car was damaged by

the vandalism

● The school principal

● A homeless man with mental illness,

who camps out near the school grounds4

What makes a reliable witness?

Make a list of 5 points you would recommend investigators use to determine witness reliability.

WHAT IS A NARRATOR?

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WHAT ROLE DOES A NARRATOR HAVE IN TELLING A STORY?

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Narrator

PACING

the speed a story is told in - how fast or slow events unfold and how much time elapses in a story

LANGUAGE

Words used and their impact that on readers

MORAL COMPASS

Guides and shows readers how to feel about events and characters

IS A NARRATOR ALWAYS TRUSTWORTHY?

Think back to our crime scene witnesses...

What qualities made them reliable/unreliable?

What questions did you make up to ascertain their reliability?

What questions could you make up to ascertain reliability of a narrator?

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Questions to ask about a narrator

1. Is the narrator too self-interested to be reliable?

2. Is the narrator experienced enough to be reliable?

3. Is the narrator knowledgeable enough to be reliable?

4. Is the narrator moral enough to be reliable?

5. Is the narrator too emotional to be reliable?

6. Are the narrator's actions consistent with their words ?

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Smith, M. (1991). Understanding unreliable narrators. Urbana, Ill: National Council of Teachers of English.

Charles By Shirley Jackson

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Summarise What is the text about?

Connecting What connections can you make between the text and your own life?

Visualising Visualising - what do you see, feel or hear whilst you read the text?

Questioning Questioning - what are some of the questions that you have before, during and after reading the text

Inferring What are the things that the author makes you believe but does not explicitly state in the text?

Transforming What can the reader learn from this story? What message is the author trying to convey through the text?

Explicit Teaching of Reading strategies

Read the story twice

Identify the narrator(s)

Think about their role in the story by using our narrator questions.

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Self-interest inexperience

Ignorance Immorality

Emotion Inconsistency

What does the narrator say in the story?How does this compare to your understanding what was happening?

Find examples from the text to support your ideas

Learning Intention: To identify how literary techniques are used to establish an unreliable narrator.

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Discuss how effectively literary

techniques are used to establish an

unreliable narrator and challenge

the reader’s perspective.

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What influences the perspective of the narrator in ‘The Catcher in the Rye?’

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What influences the perspective of the narrator in The Catcher in the Rye? Develop a thesis statement in response to the prompt and to guide your inquiry.

Consider the social, cultural, historical and psychological

aspects of the text and how they influence the narrator.

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Creative Response

Reality and Appearance IdentityEffects of Trauma and WarGuild, Denial and RedemptionMorality and Blame

Stylistic Choices SymbolsMotifs

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Your task is to produce a

Creative Response that

represents your understanding

of the unreliable narrator. You

should explore one particular

theme or issue associated with

the film Shutter Island.

References

Jackson, Shirley. “Charles.” The Lottery and Other Stories. New York: Farrar, 1991.

Moss, B., Lapp, D., & Grant, M. (2015). A Close Look at Close Reading. Alexandria: ASCD.

Smith, M. (1991). Understanding unreliable narrators. Urbana, Ill: National Council of Teachers of English.

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