1. Bell Ringer
On your packet, write down what you remember from “Reader Response Criticism.” (This is a review from earlier in the year)

2. Reader Response Criticism
What I remember…
Write this down…

3. Reader Response Criticism
What I remember…
Write this down…
The reader’s response is what counts. We cannot know for sure what an author intended, and the text itself is meaningless unless a reader responds.
Readers actively create (not discover) meaning in texts that may be personal, or shared with other members of a community.
We share our responses because it may enrich another reader’s response.

4. Objectives Today I will learn…
How to view and annotate a text with a specific literary lens.
How to verbally express my ideas and respond respectfully to others.
I will know I have learned this when…
I am able to use a Feminist Lens to analyze a given text.
I am able to use my literary annotations to participate in productive, respectful group discussions.

5. Vocabulary
Feminist: someone who believes that women should have equal rights, opportunities, and experiences
Feminine: a set of cultural characteristics given by the society
Patriarchy: a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line
Misogyny: dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women
Oppression: prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control

6. What is Feminist Criticism?
Feminist criticism is the ways in which literature (and other cultural productions) reinforce or undermine the economic, political, social, and psychological oppression of women.
This school of theory looks at how aspects of our culture are inherently patriarchal (male dominated). This misogyny, can extend into diverse areas of our culture.

7. What is it?
3. Identify the qualities of gender and how characters are portrayed as individuals and/or within groups. 4. Consider whether the text promotes or undermines stereotypes. 5. Imagine how the text might be read by a certain type of reader; or how a text might have been neglected by a certain type of reader.

8. Questions to ask
How is the (power) relationship between men and women portrayed?
What does the work reveal about the operations (economically, politically, socially, or psychologically) of patriarchy?
What does the work say about women's creativity?
In the world of this book/story, what does it mean to be female?
What does the work imply about the possibilities of women joining
together to resist patriarchy?

9. ANNOTATING: WHAT DO WE ANNOTATE FOR?
Connections you make with the text in the margins to other texts, movies, TV, or personal experiences.
Predictions you make about the texts, the people, or how this may affect future events.
Inferences you add to the text.  Thoughts you have about the text.
Identifications of main and supporting ideas:  What's important information that should not be overlooked?
Symbols:  !  ?  Sometimes just a symbol in the margin does the trick.  
Vocabulary:  Key terms, people, places.  

10. SHORT STORIES

11. A Short Story will include:
setting details woven into the text
development of at least one character through the character’s words, thoughts, and actions and through the words of other characters and/or the writer
a problem/conflict which is developed as the story progresses
a resolution of that problem/conflict
a conclusion
snapshots (things for the reader to visualize)
dialogue (optional)

12. Guided Practice
Beauty and The Beast
As a class we will watch a 3 minute clip of Beauty and The Beast. While watching- analyze the clip using the Feminist Lens.
Scratch Goldilocks and The Three Bears and write, “Beauty and The Beast”

13. ***Be prepared to share out
Guided Practice
Small Group Activity
Read your assigned children’s story. While reading it, focus on the Feminist perspective by following the “How To” and asking yourself and your group members the “Questions.”
***Be prepared to share out

14. Short Story Independent Practice
Now, choose one of the short stories to read and annotate independently. While reading your chosen story, focus on the Feminist perspective by following the “How To” and asking yourself and your group members the “Questions.”

15. Group Discussion
At this time, get together with the other students in the room that read the same short story. Compare ideas, findings, and conclusions you drew from utilizing the Feminist Criticism.
You will present to the class…
A summary of the short story
Your findings from using the Feminist Lens

16. Homework: Bucket list (2nd set)
Review Objectives
Homework: Bucket list (2nd set)
Today I will learn…
How to view a text with a specific literary lens.
How to verbally express my ideas and respond respectfully to others.
I will know I have learned this when…
I am able to use a Feminist Lens to analyze a given text.
I am able to use my literary annotations to participate in productive, respectful group discussions.