1. Bell Ringer: Thursday, April 4th
Copy down the vocab for today… Importunity (n): 1. A request that is persistent, especially to the state of being annoying 2. The state of being pressing, insistent, and obtrusive Sentence: To my chagrin, I finally gave in to my little brother’s importunities. Then answer: Are you excited for SPRING BREAK?!!1 Write about it! What are you doing? Even if you’re just staying here, maybe you want to make a laundry list of things you want to do/get done.

2. Just so you know…
You ARE allowed to do re-writes of your paper/project
Not everyone’s is graded, but I will be grading over break, so you can check pinnacle
You MUST conference with me if you want to re- write. That means…if you re-write and do not conference with me, I will not re-grade your paper.
Since it’s break, we can e-conference. You will write me an with 3 specific questions about how you can improve your paper/project (“How can I improve?” is not a valid question).
Once you conference with me, I will give you a dead- line for a re-write. The latest you can conference with me is Tuesday morning (April 17th).

3. Extra credit over break…
Take note in the world around you…
Where do you see gender roles coming into play?
This could be ANYWHERE. TV, radio, walking in the mall, going to a sports game, walking on the beach, etc.
Take note of at least 3 instances, and …
Describe the instance.
Analyze it – how does it play into prescribed gender roles (or not)? Would most people notice this? Is this FAIR?
Each analysis must be at least a paragraph long (8 sentences).
The better your analysis, the more points of extra credit you will receive.

4. According to Thereoux
Masculinity Femininity

5. Share your response… With the person next to you…
Responses from the class?

6. “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin 1894
Let’s read the questions first, and then read the story.