DATE April 6, 2015 Reminders Don’t Let your struggle become your identity Do Now Take one of each handout from the front desk. Begin the quickwrites. When you are done wait for my instructions. AGENDA Quickwrite Discuss Responses Read and Annotate “Oppressive Power of Language” Chalk Talk Unit Intro Preview texts Judith Butler: Phylosophe LAST CLASS: BNW Final NEXT CLASS: What is gender? History of gender and gender constructs Boys who wear dresses HOMEWORK Read and annotate Phylosophe LEARNING FOCUS FOR TODAY Introduce the unit Language, Gender, Culture

On the back of the article write down a list of examples of words or phrases you’ve used, heard people use, or had used against you that you would deem oppressive. Oppressive Language When you are done, go to the board and share one or two examples.

Language, Gender, Culture

Unit Overview Question gender norms and the ways social pressures enforce those norms Reflect on our own experiences of gender-based social pressures Deepen understanding of the relationships between language, gender, culture, and identity

Unit Objectives Students will be able to… Explain how language and cultural norms shape identities Explain what is gender and how does it shape our identities Descriptively outline a speech Analyze and use evidence to support their position on the topic Evaluate and describe authors’ stylistic choices Use writing to propose social change

To begin… For each of the four following texts in this module (Brooks, Tannen, Young, and Lorde), do the following: Examine the titles, and make a prediction about the content of each piece Note the types of texts and genres (New York Times Op-Ed piece versus book excerpt), and make any relevant predictions about the content or rhetorical stance of each piece Examine the brief author biographies provided below, and then imagine how each author’s identity and gender—as described in those biographies—might influence the text’s language, content, or purpose.

Introduce Language, Gender, Culture LEARNING FOCUS FOR TODAY DATE April 8, 2015 Reminders Welcome to the “Karma Café”. There is no menu, you will get served what you deserve Do Now Take out your reader, your predictions from last class, and something to write with. AGENDA Return BNW Gender norms TED talk Discuss gender norms and gender binaries Gender roles activity Phylosophe predictions, read and annotate LAST CLASS: Introduce Language, Gender, Culture NEXT CLASS: Boys who wear dresses HOMEWORK Work on senior project. Buy a portfolio and sheet protectors. Work on your resume. LEARNING FOCUS FOR TODAY Explore the concept of gender, gender norms, gender roles, and gender nonconformity.

TEDx Understanding the Complexities of Gender: Sam Killermann

Gender Spectrum Gender Binary A linear model, ranging from 100% male to 100% female, with various states of masculine and feminine in between. The gender continuum or matrix is an multidimensional extension of the spectrum that includes additional gender identities outside of the spectrum. The classification of sex and gender into two distinct, opposite and disconnected forms of masculine and feminine. It is one general type of a gender system.

Judith Butler “Phylosophe” First, read the transcript in your reader. Next, re-read and annotate. As you annotate identify: Use of persuasive appeals (ethos, pathos, and logos) Tone shift – What is Butler’s attitude toward the subject? Does it shift/change? If so, where? What words indicated the shift? Mood shift – At any point did you feel different about the topic? When? Why? What changed your feeling on the subject?