How to write effectively: Planning your writing

Language in Othello

 

 

Writing a blog

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heart of Darkness

Schedule for last period

Below is the schedule until the end of the year.  Clicking on a date will open the text required for that lesson:

Week		1	2	3	4	5
14	31-Mar	SE WEEK			FOA	Paper 2/Oth
15	7-Apr	Othello Act 1	Othello	Propaganda Intro	Band of Brothers
16	14-Apr	PROJECT	WEEK
17	21-Apr	SPRING	BREAK
18	28-Apr	SPRING	BREAK
19	5-May			Common Sense	Decl. Of Ind.	Oth/Out. FOA
20	12-May	Othello Act 2	Othello/Outline WT	We shall fight…	Day of Infamy	Othello
21	19-May	Othello Act 3	Othello	Case for Aparth.	IRA Prop.	Othello
22	26-May	Othello Act 4	Othello	Racism & Anti-Semitism.	SHAKE WKSHP	WT DUE
23	2-Jun	Othello Act 5	Othello	Media Bias	Media Bias	FOA
24	9-Jun	FOA	FOA	FOA	FOA	FOA
25	16-Jun	SE WEEK	Paper 2

The context of Othello

Read this interesting essay to understand the cultural context of Shakespeare's Othello.   For an idea how to make a newspaper article on Othello, see this page.

Visions of Dystopia

The Elizabethan Era

Shakespeare Introduction

Othello Introduction

The Stone Gods

Here is an interview with Jeanette Winterson about The Stone Gods that contains lots of interesting information about what her intentions were and what the meaning of the book is.  Just go to the page that the link points to, and click on the "show transcript" button to get the complete text.

And here is a Master's Thesis about The Stone Gods in PDF format.  Besides a very interesting analysis of the book, with extensive references and quotes, it will give you an idea of what a Master's Thesis looks like, and also presents an good example of the correct way to cite your research in proper, academic format.

Gender Bias in Media (2)

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Homework:  Read article and watch this:

Gender Bias in the Media (Introduction)

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But has it changed much?

The Genderlect Theory of Deborah Tannen

This is a review of Genderlect theory (the Deborah Tannen articles).   For additional resources, searching "genderlect" on youtube will yield many more demonstrations.

Part 1 of Dr. Ben Myers' lecture (10 minutes)

Part 2 of Dr. Ben Myers' Lecture (10 minutes)

Demonstration:

Women's language and men's language

On the website of the University of Pennsylvania is the transcript of a very interesting lecture about the differences between male and female speech in different languages, including a discussion about popular culture theories such as found in the Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus series.  Of particular note is a detailed discussion on the biological factors in the brain and larynx that may affect the way we speak.  It can be found here.

Example FOA on Language and Gender

 

In addition, a discussion/analysis of what is going on here, relating it to what has been studied, is required.

Gender differences in conversation

Language and Gender intro

Prezi introducing Language and Gender

Introduction to The Stone Gods

Dystopian Fiction Prezi

Jeanette Winterson on a thing called art:

Interview with Jeanet Winterson: