MYP2 20-03-23

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Good Morning

Can women write believable male characters?

Go to the classroom to find the Activity and the short story written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Apollo

Read the story and answer questions 4-7 in the Activity !

(20 minutes)

What can you tell me about the narrator's character?

What is the connection between the narrator and Raphael?

Can women write believable male characters?

Which IB-Learner profile attributes does the narrator posses and which does he lack?

Do you feel Adichie has created a believable male character? Why?

Why should we read women's literature?

Read the following text:

Can literature give women a voice?

Work on this Activity as well

link to the video

Why should we read women's literature?

Can literature give women a voice?

Activity: Mirman Baheer

Have you read or seen "The Handmaid's Tale" ?

1. Yes
2. No

Had you heard of Malala Yousafzai, before reading the text?

1. Yes
2. No

Mirman Baheer

1.  " It's the women's movement from the inside. It's a form of rebellion.

2. They are written collectively. No one woman writes them. You hear one, you share one. Pass them on.

3. They could get beaten or even killed

4.  Love, Death, Forced marriage, confront men

5. It's women's movement from within. To rebel against men.

Amanda Gorman

"The Hill We Climb"