MYP2 Lesson 5&6

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MYP2 Lesson 5&6

Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf

Work on the following activity and read the following extract

Activity

Extract

What connection between the writers does Woolf explore?

What reason does Woolf present?

What technique does Woolf use in this extract to explore her ideas?

What does Woolf imply at the end of the extract? Do you agree with this?

Do men and women write differently?

Please read the following text:

Why are certain literary genres dominated by male writers?

Activity

Please work on the following activity:

Imaginative fiction

Article

What point is made about the origin of the genre?

What point is made about in the article about perspective?

What challenges do female writers of the genre face?

Have you read any science fiction or fantasy novels? Which one(s)?

Are these written by men or women? Does this matter? Why?

Activity: Read, Write and Share

Link to Activity Answer questions 1, 2 and 3

Link to genre conventions Text & Video

Link to the extracts: Text 1, Text 2, Text 3

Homework 

Answer questions 1, 2 and 3 of the ACTIVITY: 

"Can women write imaginative fiction?"