Women+in+Literature


 * Women's Literature ** Current Novel: //In the Time of the Butterflies//, by Julia Alvarez[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Julia-Alvarez.gif align="left"]]



5.20.13--Digital Media Presentations 5.21.13--Digital Media Presentations. Dessert Pot-Luck! 5.22.13--Senior Check-Out!!! 7:30-9:00 a.m. Juniors--Begin the movie //The Stoning of Soraya M.// 5.23.13--//The Stoning of Soraya M.// 5.24.13--NO SCHOOL for students. Assessment Day.
 * Week of 5.20.13 **

5.27.13--NO SCHOOL. Memorial Day. 5.28.13--//The Stoning of Soraya M.// 5.29.13--//The Stoning of Soraya M.// 5.31.13--//The Stoning of Soraya M.//
 * Week of 5.27.13[[image:http://www.parsarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/stoning-of-soraya-m.jpg align="right"]] **

Butterflies Audiofeed: Listen to the first 12 minutes and take notes [|AUDIOFEED]
 * Additional Resources: **

longyoulin@163.com You can email her and request a Chinese student who can be your email buddy.
 * Email address for Ms. Linda (teacher in China):**

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 * Major Grades for this Semester **

Analytical Essay on the connections among the women in //The Joy Luck Club//
 * Due 2.25.13 **

1. Decide on a focus for your essay. Do you want to write about friendship relationships? Or mother/daughter relationships? Do you want to present positive relationships or negative ones? Create a thesis statement: What will your POINT be about these connections?
 * SOME EXAMPLES of THESIS STATEMENTS:**
 * Daughters will always be embarrassed by their mothers.**
 * Mothers who are too overprotective create daughters who live in fear.**
 * Female friendships inevitably contain an element of competition.**
 * A strong relationship between a mother and daughter has to include yelling and fighting. OR-- A strong relationship between a mother and daughter should be quiet and respectful.**
 * Mothers have a great deal of control over their daughters' relationship with God.**

2. Start collecting quotes from the book that support your thesis.

Persuasive Essay Choose a controversial issue from //The Women of Brewster Place//, by Gloria Naylor. Write a five-paragraph essay defining your stance on this issue using rhetorical devices.
 * Due 4.15.13 **

Some example topics:
 * unwed mothers
 * sex before marriage
 * abortion
 * gay marriage
 * dress code for women--Should women wear what they want or cover up?
 * parenting techniques--tough love vs. softness
 * stripping and/or prostitution
 * Is alcoholism a choice or a disease?
 * Should a mother side with her child or her spouse in a conflict?
 * Gold diggers--Should a woman use her "feminine wiles" to get men to do what they want, or should a woman support herself?
 * Justice system--If someone goes to jail, should their mother be able to help them?
 * Should adults accept money from their parents?
 * women who have several children by several different fathers
 * birth control
 * women who stay with a man who doesn't treat them well for the sake of the kids
 * Republican vs. Democrat
 * people who change their birth name to a different name
 * welfare





Digital Media Presentation Create a PowerPoint, GoogleDoc, Prezi, or other digital media presentation that defines your political views and relates them to //In the Time of the Butterflies//, by Julia Alvarez. RUBRIC:
 * Due May 20th, 2013 **

Directions: 1. Join this wiki. Use your real name so I can give you credit. I don't know who "Li'l Momma" is. I have to approve you to the wiki before you can post a comment, so wait for me to approve you. 2. Click the talk bubbles icon above. (At the VERY top!) 3. Answer the question. 4. For full credit, your response must be at least 4-5 sentences in length
 * Homework **[[image:http://a.dryicons.com/images/icon_sets/blossom/png/128x128/up_arrow.png align="right"]]

Overdue Online Questions: CHOOSE ONE: 1. Butch says he always leaves a woman before times get bad. That way, she'll always have good memories of him. Give your opinions on his philosophy. 2. Should a mother take her child's side or her spouse's side in a conflict? 3. Is alcoholism a choice or a disease? Explain.
 * Due 2.27.13 **

CHOOSE ONE: 1. Miss Eva criticizes Mattie's parenting when she mentions that Basil should be sleeping in his own bed. Give your thoughts about a five-year-old boy sleeping in the same bed as his mother. 2. From page sixty-eight: "The angels rejoice more over one sinner who turns around than over ninety-nine righteous ones." Give your thoughts about this quote.
 * Due 3.6.13 **

CHOOSE ONE: 1. Give your thoughts about women like Ciel who continually forgive their man and believe that THIS time he'll do better. 2. Give your thoughts about Ciel's choice to have an abortion. 3. Give your thoughts about women who have several children with several different fathers.
 * Due 3.20.13 **

CHOOSE ONE: 1. Theresa gets judged by others often because she is beautiful and voluptuous. Why are women mean to pretty girls? 2. Should you worry about what other people think? Why or why not? 3. Are people really all just the same, or are we all different? Explain.
 * Due 4.3.13 **

"Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrowminded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex."-- ** from //Jane Eyre//, by Charlotte Bronte, who in 1847 had to write under the male pseudonym "Currer Bell" in order to publish her book. ** Semester Overview: __First six weeks__--self, family, marriage, mother/daughter relationships, motherhood: //The Joy Luck Club//, by Amy Tan. __Second six weeks__--community, friendship, domestic violence, reproductive rights: //The Women of Brewster Place//, by Gloria Naylor. __Third six weeks__--politics/society, women's health/beauty, workplace, education: //In the Time of the Butterflies//, by Julia Alvarez.


 * Course Syllabus, Information, and Supply List **