1.13.14

Hello, my lovely seniors!  Ms. G spent her birthday sick in bed, much like this cute kitten:

Today, as a result of class consensus, you have more time to work on your Anxious Masculinities Double Entry Journal.  Please have at least ten entries (as opposed to the two I specified on Friday), and feel free to work together and discuss as you go...remember, group work is an opportunity for colloquy!

Read the article on how Masculinity Fails Men (the article from Friday).
Alternately, you may read Scared White Men : What Anxious Masculinity Has to do with the Death of Trayvon Martin; this article lends itself to archetypal and cultural criticisms as well (they're all interconnected!).

My expectation is that you are constantly pushing yourself to think critically, engage with the material, and relate it to your own life.  Relate to the world, relate to other texts (literary, visual, filmic) that you have read/seen.

At the end of class, please submit your journal here (leave yourself about five minutes to complete the question on the submission form).

Call/text with questions, and remember that you can always come to Homework Center tomorrow morning at 7:15am!

1.10.13

Ewwww, don't show love or affection toward me!!! 

I'm too masculine to acknowledge my need for validation and emotions!

1.  Launch
2.  Patriarchy -- "Patriarchy is America's default setting, where men have all the positions of power and privilege."
3.  Masculinity definition
4.  What society does to young men video
5.  Breaking News: Blossoming girl turns into beautiful object -- "Turning a human being into an object is the first step in justifying violence against that person."
6.  Read article about masculinity and fill out double entry journal
7. Exit ticket

Performance Task Submissions and Evaluations

Wooooohoooooooooo!!!!!

You did it, my lion cubs!! Now, your benchmark anxieties should be assuaged (look it up), and you should feel like the little kitten in this video.

One final step: just turn in your Feminist Analysis Essays here: Performance Task Submission Form

Ms. G?! Do you know my grade? Did you grade my essay yet? I just gave it to you ten minutes ago? Hey Ms. G, do you remember what I got on that worksheet last week?

NO I DO NOT...I love you all very much, but I don't have your grades memorized. I will tell you as soon as I finish grading all of the late submissions.

Please take the time to fill out this Evaluation Form.  I really care what you have to say, and I want to make this class as inclusive and successful as possible!

12.16.13

Dat male gaze tho...it makes me feel sad and objectified...

LAURA MULVEY
[Writer and filmmaker, b. 1941, Oxford, lives in London.]

 The defining male gaze projects its phantasy on to the female figure who is styled accordingly. In their traditional exhibitionist role women are simultaneously looked at and displayed, with their appearance coded for strong visual and erotic impact so that they can be said to connote to-be-looked-at-ness. 

1.  Launch
2.  Vocabulary words:
     2a.  Heteronormative
     2b.  Scopophilia 
3.  Quote from Laura Mulvey
     3a.  See full article here.
4.  Scholarly article on The Giving Tree by Lisa Fraustino
5.  EA2: Performance Task work time
6.  Create a Works Cited page

DUE:  Complete Draft

Resource Bank:

• Remember to revise your claim statements
• Important Feminist Critiques and Quotes
• Example Essay
• Writing Standards
• Transition Words
• MLA Citations

12.13.13

Objective:
I can understand characters' issues and ideas associated with Feminist Criticism.
I can draft a literary analysis for Feminist Criticism.

Happy Fun Food Friday!

1.  Launch
2.  Review vocabulary for Archetypal Criticism (to prep for Semester Exam)

• social
• political
• ideological
• "haves" vs "have nots"
• exploitation
• capital
• class
• marginalized

3.  EA2: Performance Task work time

DUE:  Complete Draft

Resource Bank:

• Remember to revise your claim statements
• Important Feminist Critiques and Quotes
• Example Essay
• Writing Standards
• Transition Words
• MLA Citations

Ms. G's new method of grading....

Homework: Semester 1 Exam Study Guide
Reference the slideshow for common assumptions

COME TO SECOND CHANCE SATURDAY TOMORROW!
ALL MAKE-UP OR LATE WORK IS DUE BY MONDAY.  NO WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 12/16/13.

12.12.13

Objective:
I can understand characters' issues and ideas associated with Feminist Criticism.
I can draft a literary analysis for Feminist Criticism.

1.  Launch: Revising our claim statements
2.  Review vocabulary for Archetypal Criticism (to prep for Semester Exam)

• social
• political
• ideological
• "haves" vs "have nots"
• exploitation
• capital
• class
• marginalized

3.  A short film of the story
4.  Important Feminist Critiques and Quotes
5.  EA2: Performance Task
6.  Review Rubric and Expectations
      6a.  Example Essay
      6b.  Writing Standards -- focus on writing arguable claims
7.  Finish Outline, complete first draft
DUE:  First Draft

Homework: Semester 1 Exam Study Guide
Reference the slideshow for common assumptions

12.11.13

Objective:
I can determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.
I can understand characters' issues and ideas associated with Feminist Criticism.

1.  Launch
2.  Review vocabulary for Archetypal Criticism (to prep for Semester Exam)

• symbolism
• patterns
• critical perspective (each word has its own definition)
• myth
• motif
• allusion

3.  Important Feminist Critiques and Quotes
4.  EA2: Performance Task
5.  Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
     5a.  Annotation and Notes
5.  Review Rubric and Expectations
      5a.  Example Essay
6.  Brainstorm Ideas
7.  Outline
DUE:  Brainstorm and Outline

Submission Form for Pygmalion Essays

Homework: Semester 1 Exam Study Guide
Reference the slideshow for common assumptions