1) Silent Reading 2) Hand Raising "Discussion" - Who has ever felt contrained by the expectations of their gender? Who thinks that boys and girls have equal access to opportunities in most things? Who has been made fun of for their gender? Who has used names like pansy, pu---, girly to insult people? Who thinks that there is still work to be done in terms of society's expectations for girls and boys? 3) "Boys and Girls" questions - discuss...
4) Creative Writing Assignment - Write your own initiation/loss of innocence/coming of age short story.
It can be a memoir or a complete fiction.
Maximum of 500 words.
Whichever you choose, you are to select an inspirational image as your starting place.
This story will be displayed along with the image and we will make a story gallery in the class.
We'll be creating the marking rubric in class.
