Giving a personal response: A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf

This lesson, you will have an opportunity to evaluate and explore the text and your own interpretations. Following on from our analysis of meaning, structure and form of the short story, A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf, you have the opportunity to develop your own critical interpretation. You will need a pen and paper.

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Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

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Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

Q1.Which word best describes the ghostly couple?

terrifying hilarious loving

1/5

Q2.Complete the stages of language analysis:

Understand the t_______________

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Understand the f________________

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Select rich e_________________

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L_________ your evidence together

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Write your a_________________

text evidence focus analysis link

2/5

Q3.Which of the statements below is true:

Virginia Woolf was a modernist writer who followed traditional literary forms and conventions. Virginia Woolf was a modernist writer who tried to experiment with and subvert literary forms and conventions.

3/5

Q4.What does the narrator hear the house whispering?

"help, help, help" "safe, safe, safe" "love, love, love"

4/5

Q5.Match the quotation with the analysis.

The fragmented dialogue "kisses without number." "Waking in the morning"

The ghosts seem content and comfortable together. They are non-threatening: always mindful of the couple sleeping in the house. The ghosts’ words flow into one another suggesting their intimate connection as they remember their life together. There is a poetic rhythm to their speech.

The verbs "wandering and whispering"

5/5

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Quiz:

Intro quiz - Recap from previous lesson

Before we start this lesson, let’s see what you can remember from this topic. Here’s a quick quiz!

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

Q1.Which word best describes the ghostly couple?

terrifying hilarious loving

1/5

Q2.Complete the stages of language analysis:

Understand the t_______________

text evidence focus analysis link

Understand the f________________

text evidence focus analysis link

Select rich e_________________

text evidence focus analysis link

L_________ your evidence together

text evidence focus analysis link

Write your a_________________

text evidence focus analysis link

2/5

Q3.Which of the statements below is true:

3/5

Q4.What does the narrator hear the house whispering?

"help, help, help" "safe, safe, safe" "love, love, love"

4/5

Q5.Match the quotation with the analysis.

The fragmented dialogue "kisses without number." "Waking in the morning"

The verbs "wandering and whispering"

5/5

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Giving a personal response: Quiz

Complete the questions below to check your understanding.

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

Q1.True or false?

A short story is a novel that is incomplete.

true false

Short stories are always simple.

true false

Short stories have a fully developed theme but are shorter and less elaborate than a novel.

true false

1/5

Q2.What was the name of the literary movement which Virginia Woolf belonged to?

modernism structuralism post-modernism romanticism

2/5

Q3.Which is the correct definition of the word "subvert"?

undermine an established system return to something hide underneath something

3/5

Q4.True or false?

Virginia Woolf wanted her short story to be a comedy.

true false

The uncanny is an uncomfortable psychological experience where a familiar thing is encountered in an unsettling or eerie context.

true false

4/5

Q5.How does Virginia Woolf subvert some of the expectations of a ghost story?

The setting is eerie and mysterious. The ghosts do not seem threatening because they are focused on their love. There are no ghosts in the story.

5/5

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Giving a personal response: Quiz

Complete the questions below to check your understanding.

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

Q1.True or false?

A short story is a novel that is incomplete.

true false

Short stories are always simple.

true false

Short stories have a fully developed theme but are shorter and less elaborate than a novel.

true false

1/5

Q2.What was the name of the literary movement which Virginia Woolf belonged to?

modernism structuralism post-modernism romanticism

2/5

Q3.Which is the correct definition of the word "subvert"?

undermine an established system return to something hide underneath something

3/5

Q4.True or false?

Virginia Woolf wanted her short story to be a comedy.

true false

The uncanny is an uncomfortable psychological experience where a familiar thing is encountered in an unsettling or eerie context.

true false

4/5

Q5.How does Virginia Woolf subvert some of the expectations of a ghost story?

The setting is eerie and mysterious. The ghosts do not seem threatening because they are focused on their love. There are no ghosts in the story.

5/5

Lesson summary: Giving a personal response: A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf

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