1984 Lesson Plan

Point of View Exercise

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

To consider the story from another perspective.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.3 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1

Structure:

Discuss Julia's portrayal in the book. We have seen her exclusively from Winston's point of view. How might her experience, as a Party member, be similar to Winston's? How might her experience, as a woman and as someone with more sexual experience than Winston, be different?

After the classwide discussion, students should write a story or scene that portrays what Julia has been thinking and experiencing for the last two weeks, before, during, and after handing Winston...