“If it means interfering in an ensconced, outdated system, to help just one woman, man or child…I’m willing to accept the consequences.” -Wonder Woman #170 Women in Literature will offer you the opportunity to explore the notions of sex and gender through different types of texts. From this point forward you may think of a text as anything that offers the possibility of interpretation. We think of our books as texts--textbooks--and they are, but we have the ability to look at the world through many other texts as well: the music on your ipod, the advertisements in newspapers, even the graffiti on buildings can serve as texts for us to examine, interpret, and place into contexts that help us to understand our world.
We will use this wiki as both an online space for information and as a way to collaborate and communicate. Please take some time to look around and figure out navigation; we'll be here together all semester!
Here's to a fun and successful year!
Aloha, Ms. Falk tfalk@iolani.org free periods 2, 5 and 7, 8 by appointment.
To explore quality literature and connect this literature to our life experience. The material is useless if there's no relevance to you or your life. To practice and expand essential skills in preparation for college study.
Tony Wagner's Seven Survival Skills for Success:
Critical thinking/problem solving
Collaboration/leading by influence
Agility and adaptability
Initiative and entrepreneurialism
Effective oral and written communication
Accessing and analyzing information
Curiosity and imagination
We'll hit all of them in some way this semester.
Grading:Vocabulary 10% Participation/Preparation 20% Wiki Work 20% Writing 50% Other than your texts, you'll need AN OPEN MIND A SOLID WORK ETHIC A WILLINGNESS TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS This is not a class in which you can remain silent and succeed. We need your thoughts and input. Here's the rub: You are not required to think like your classmates or think like me.
Women in LiteratureWomen in Literature will offer you the opportunity to explore the notions of sex and gender through different types of texts. From this point forward you may think of a text as anything that offers the possibility of interpretation. We think of our books as texts--textbooks--and they are, but we have the ability to look at the world through many other texts as well: the music on your ipod, the advertisements in newspapers, even the graffiti on buildings can serve as texts for us to examine, interpret, and place into contexts that help us to understand our world.
We will use this wiki as both an online space for information and as a way to collaborate and communicate. Please take some time to look around and figure out navigation; we'll be here together all semester!
Here's to a fun and successful year!
Aloha, Ms. Falk tfalk@iolani.org free periods 2, 5 and 7, 8 by appointment.
OUR TEXTS
To expand our personal definitions of gender.
To explore quality literature and connect this literature to our life experience. The material is useless if there's no relevance to you or your life.
To practice and expand essential skills in preparation for college study.
Tony Wagner's Seven Survival Skills for Success:
We'll hit all of them in some way this semester.
Participation/Preparation 20%
Wiki Work 20%
Writing 50%
Other than your texts, you'll need
AN OPEN MIND
A SOLID WORK ETHIC
A WILLINGNESS TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS
This is not a class in which you can remain silent and succeed. We need your thoughts and input. Here's the rub: You are not required to think like your classmates or think like me.
I ONLY ASK THAT YOU THINK.