Thursday, February 21, 2013

Boils and Ghouls Cont'd

1) Boys and Girls Questions - discuss and submit...

2) Hand back "A & P" responses - feedback... read an example.

3) How to integrate quotes - handout

4) Netbooks - new writing topic:

Read this article about gender norms and toys http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/opinion/sunday/gender-based-toy-marketing-returns.html or find your own article that is from 2010 or earlier, and answer the following question, quoting both the story, "Boys and Girls" and the non-fiction article, and referencing your own impressions and opinions about gender issues.

How is the protagonist in the short story "Boys and Girls," by Alice Munro, trapped, like the foxes, and like Flora, 
by the gender norms of her time? 

Min 500 words - multi-paragraph

  • Elevate vocabulary
  • Sentence Diversity
  • Seamlessly integrate quotes from two sources
  • Works Cited