MYP2 Lesson 8&9

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MYP2 Lesson 8&9

Good Morning

Agenda

1. Homework

2. Part 2 of Can women write imaginative fiction?

3. Introducing the Summative

4. Can women write believable male characters?

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. (3 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

Which text did you like best?

1. Dragonworld
2. The Dispossessed
3. Shikasta

Which book would you like to read?

1. Dragonworld
2. The Dispossessed
3. Shikasta

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?

Best female protagonists?

Best male protagonists?

Summative for Unit 3

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

warm-up = 10 min.

Use this link to start your research. 

I will talk you through the necessary first steps.

Can women write believable male characters?

Open the Activity and the short story written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Apollo

Read the story and answer questions 1-3 in the Activity !