MYP2 16-02

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Good Morning

Agenda

1. Homework

2. Part 2 of Can women write imaginative fiction

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

What examples of genre specific elements have you come across in these texts?

How does Zhang Xinxin transport you into "Dragonworld"?

How does Ursula le Guin transport you into the world of "The Dispossessed"?

How does Doris Lessing transport you into the world of "Shikasta"?

Let's re-read the texts

Link to the extracts: 

Text 1 

Text 2

Text 3

Activity: Read, Write and Share

1. In pairs discuss which text you like best and why. (5 minutes)

2. Look again at Ursula le Guin's The Dispossessed

What happens next?

In pairs make a mindmap and then work on question 5 of the Activity

What do YOU think?

The writer V.S. Naipaul once said, 'I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know whether it is by a woman or not.'

Think about some of the books you've read in the past. How aware were you of the author's gender when reading? 

Is it possible?

Is it relevant?

What do YOU think?

Some critics have suggested that both male and female writers struggle to create characters of the opposite sex.

Do you agree?

Why (not)!

What do YOU think?

Some male writers have written some of the most memorable female characters in history and likewise, many female writers have created authentic, well-developed male characters.

How successful was Pullman at creating a female character such as Sally Lockheart?

Summative for Unit 3

You will be doing research on women writers and presenting that in class, beginning of March (probably second week)

Use this link to start your research. 

I will talk you through the necessary first steps.