AGENDA
Writing Contests
Discussion on Nickel and Dimed
Introduction to Gender and Pop Culture
American gender snap-shots
Small-group observations
WRITING CONTESTS
► RARE
Everyday Heroes
► Creative Communication
► The Economic Club of Grand Rapids
► Peninsula Writers
► Kent County Libraries Poetry Contest
► Grand Rapids Press Editorial
50 points
REQUIRED!
Due Thursday, March 28
SYLLABUS
► January-February
Gender, Pop Culture
Research paper
► March-April
Language
Prepare for AP Test
► May-June
Service Learning
Frankenstein
EVERYONE WILL TAKE THE AP EXAM!
Analytical Writing
► Ehrenreich
____________ that her study is
_____________ when she
► writes “_________________” (Ehrenreich
___)….. Now, continue writing to verify
point 
HOMEWORK
► Read
and take notes on “Women’s
Brains” (Gould 349-354)
► Females read “About Men” (Ehrlich
367-369)
► Males read “There is No Unmarked
Woman” (Tannen 388-392)
► Reader response either Ehrlich or
Tannen (1 page)
AGENDA
► Material
Fallacies
► Introduction to gender unit
► Ten Things
► Analysis of Gould’s “Women’s Brains”
► Choice Reading
FALLACIES IN ARGUMENT
►a
priori –
existing in the mind before or
independent of an experience
not based on prior study or
examination
“Yet he made no attempt to measure the effect of
size alone and actually stated that it cannot
account for the entire difference because we know
a priori, that women are not as intelligent as men”
(Gould 350).
from “Women’s Brains”
MATERIAL FALLACIES
► Ad
hominem (switching discussion from issue to
question of personalities; attacks character)
► Ad misericordium (appeal to pity)
► Ad populum (appeal to irrational fears and
prejudices to prevent audience from squarely
facing issue)
► Dicto simpliciter (inclusive generalization: Milk is
good for you.)
► Tu quoque (You too: diverts issue to opponent:
You lie too!)
► Non Sequitur (conclusion lacks connection to
QUIZ MONDAY!
premise)
What is gender?
► Gender
is a range of characteristics used to
distinguish between males and females,
particularly in the cases of men and women
and the masculine and feminine attributes
assigned to them. Depending on the
context, the discriminating characteristics
vary from sex to social role to gender
identity.
~Wikipedia
GENDER AND POP-CULTURE
► TYPE-ONE
WRITING
 List at least “10 things I hate about you” (What
do you dislike about the opposite sex?)
► PAIR/SHARE
 Note similarities
 Note arguable
of the points your partner made
► WRITE
POEM
GENDER IN AMERICA
http://tennisopolis.com/video/snl-chris-farley-the-gap
AGENDA
Material Fallacies
Pair/Share articles
Analysis of Gould’s “Women’s Brains”
Contemporary connection
BE A COLLECTOR OF QUOTES!
► “To
say anything about women and men
without marking oneself as either feminist
or anti-feminist, male basher or apologist
for men seems impossible” (Tannen 392).
PAIR/SHARE ARTICLES
► Males
and females discuss “About Men” and
“There is No Unmarked Woman” in same
gender groups of 3
► Share information with partner; discuss
biases
PAIR/SHARE ARTICLES
► Males
and females discuss “About Men” and
“There is No Unmarked Woman” in same
gender groups of 3
► Share information with partner; discuss
biases
Parallel Arguments
► In
Gould’s essay “Women’s Brains” he builds
two parallel arguments, one on scientific
method, another on speculative a priori
conclusions.
► Deconstruct his argument by searching your
notes and the text for evidence and decide
whether or not this weaving of evidence is
successful.
► Prepare to write.
“Women’s Brains”
► In
the final two paragraphs Gould argues
against the scientific evidence and the
conclusions drawn from that research.
Explain the effectiveness of his essay based
on how long he waits to actually state his
own viewpoint.
Agenda
► SRI
Testing in the
Writing Lab
AGENDA
► Review
fallacies
► Are men and women really different?
► Lawrence Summers firing
► Choice Reading
Material Fallacies
If I wanted to be persuasive using:
► Pity
► Prior knowledge
► Non-related phrase
► Irrational fears
► Attack character
► Generalization
► You do it too!
►
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN’S
AND WOMEN’S BRAINS
ARE MEN AND WOMEN REALLY
DIFFERENT?
Costa, Arthur L. and Robert J. Garmston. Cognitive
Coaching: A Foundation for Renaissance Schools.
2nd ed. Northwood, Massachusetts: ChristopherGordon Publishers, 2002.
GENDER
► BRAIN
SCANS
REVEAL
 PARTS OF THE
CORPUS CALLOSUM
ARE 23% WIDER IN
WOMEN (ENHANCES
WOMEN’S
PERFORMANCE IN
CERTAIN
COMMUNICATION
SKILLS)
Tannen, D. You Just Don’t Understand: Men and Women in
Conversation. New York: Ballantine Books, 1990.
GENDER
► FEMALES
ARE BETTER AT READING THE
EMOTIONS OF PEOPLE IN PHOTOGRAPHS
► MALES EXCEL AT ROTATING 3DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS IN THEIR HEADS
► FEMALES ARE BETTER AT PROCESSING
EMOTION AND COGNITION
SIMUTANEOUSLY (THIS TASK MAY IMPAIR
VISUAL-SPACIAL TASKS, SUCH AS MAP
READING)
MORE ON GENDER
► MEN
LISTEN WITH DIFFERENT PARTS OF
THE BRAIN
► WOMEN LISTEN WITH THE “WHOLE
BRAIN”
► WOMEN LISTEN EQUALLY WITH BOTH
EARS
► MEN FAVOR THE RIGHT EAR
GENDER FACTS
► MEN
TALK TO ESTABLISH INDEPENDENCE
AND STATUS AND TO REPORT
INFORMATION
► WOMEN TALK TO ESTABLISH INTIMACY
AND RELATIONSHIP
GENDER
► IN
FACULTY MEETINGS
 MEN TALK MORE OFTEN AND FOR LONGER
PERIODS OF TIME
 WOMEN PLAY DOWN THEIR EXPERTISE
 WOMEN ARE MORE AUDITORY – ASK MORE
QUESTIONS AND GIVE MORE LISTENING
RESPONSES
SOCIOLINGUIST
DEBORAH TANNEN
► WOMEN
FEEL IT IS NATURAL TO TALK
WITH SOMEONE BEFORE MAKING A
DECISION
► MEN VIEW CONSULTING AS TANTAMOUNT
TO ASKING PERMISSION – MEN STRIVE
FOR INDEPENDENCE; THEY MAY FIND IT
DIFFICULT TO CONSULT
Tannen, D. You Just Don’t Understand: Men and Women in
Conversation. New York: Ballantine Books, 1990.
FISH-BOWL OBSERVATIONS
► SIX
VOLUNTEERS
► INTERVIEWER
► OBSERVERS






EYES
MOUTH
HANDS
FEET
POSTURE
MOVEMENT
CONSTRUCTING
Visual
Construct
Auditory
Construct
Emotions
(placing ourselves
back in a place)
REMEMBERING
Visual
Recall
Auditory
Recall
Internal
Dialogue
SAMPLE QUESTIONS
► What
would it feel like to have your
mouth stuffed with marbles?
► How can we know when you are
telling the truth?
► What is really disgusting to you?
► What would it take to get you to lie?
► What is the earliest memory you have?
► Why in the world did you put that on
this morning?
LAWRENCE SUMMERS
► “Remarks
at a conference [2005] by
Lawrence Summers, Harvard's president,
suggesting that innate differences between
the sexes might explain why women do less
well than men in careers in mathematics
and science, continued to resonate on
campus and across the nation, triggering
often furious reactions” (Dillon and Rimer).
Read “Harvard President Under Microscope” and
“Gale Warnings Still Up at Harvard.”
INTELLECTUAL GENDER GAP?
► CBS
NEWS, MARCH 13, 2005
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/14/sunday/main679829.shtml
JIG-SAW
► Read
the article you have about Lawrence
Summers. Prepare to share your finding
with your partner
JIG-SAW
► Read
the article you have about Lawrence
Summers. Prepare to share your finding
with your partner
Agenda
► Material
Fallacies Review
► Intellectual gender Gap
► Lawrence Summers Firing
Debate
AGENDA
Short story competition
Socratic Seminar
Fish-bowl discussions on readings
Exit slip
WRITING CONTESTS
► RARE
Everyday Heroes
► Creative Communication
► The Economic Club of Grand Rapids
► Peninsula Writers
► Kent County Libraries Poetry Contest
► Grand Rapids Press Editorial
50 points
REQUIRED!
LORIAN HEMINGWAY SHORT
STORY COMPETITION
► www.shortstorycompetition.com
► 3000
words limit
► Winners announced in late July
► $1000 and $500 awards
► Writers’ rights to publication
► 30th year of competition
► Well-respected organization
Granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway
Pair/Share
► With
your partner, share your
thoughts on the article
“Harvard President Under Microscope”
► What
is a specific quote or section that
evoked a reaction?
► Should he have been fired for this
statement? Why/why not?
“the under-representation of women in science and engineering could be due to a
‘different availability of aptitude at the high end,’ and less to patterns of
discrimination and socialization. “
Socratic Seminar
► Form
circle where no one is “in charge”
► Students respond to each other’s comments
without teacher comment
► Text is primary support for claims
► Teacher’s role is for probing with questions
► 15-minute limit
► Follow up with
personal
response
SOCRATIC SEMINAR
► Was
the decision to fire Lawrence Summers
for his remarks about women in science fair
and equitable?
PERSONAL RESPONSE
► Written
response:
 Was the decision to fire Lawrence Summers for
his remarks about women in science fair and
equitable?
FISH-BOWL DISCUSSION
► Discussion
analysis
 What can be learned from watching others
discuss an issue?
 How can our own rhetorical skills be improved
by receiving feedback?
 Compared to a Socratic Seminar, how much
more or less effective is a discussion “under
surveillance”?
FISH-BOWL DISCUSSIONS
► Extemporaneous
► Impromptu
(prepared, no notes)
EXTEMPORANEOUS
► Each
group of five will receive a topic to
discuss/debate
► You will have five minutes to prepare
► You will have two minutes to discuss
► Each numbered group will evaluate the
group that precedes them. The first group
will evaluate the last group.
Impromptu
1.
2.
3.
Explain why Theroux thinks being a man in
America is “pitiful” and whether or not you
agree.
Explain what Theroux means when he
says there is no concept of man that “does
not belittle women.”
Explain why it is easier for women to write
and men to be published.
IMPROMPTU
4.
5.
Why is journalism the “manliest” form of
writing?
Explain Theroux’ quote:
“And this is also why men often object to
feminism but are afraid to explain why: of
course women have a justified grievance,
but most men believe – and with reason –
that their lives are just as bad” (381).
IMPROMPTU
6. Why does Theroux’ essay make sense in
light of the fact that a priori being a man is
a privilege?
EXIT SLIP
► What
is to be gained by each of the
following discussion techniques:
 Socratic Seminar
 Extemporaneous fish bowl
 Impromptu fish bowl
► Which
Homework Slide is next!
is your preferred type and why?
AGENDA
Quiz on Material Fallacies
Discussion on homework
Close reading
FISH-BOWL DISCUSSIONS
► Extemporaneous
► Impromptu
(prepared, no notes)
Questions on “Myth of a Latin Woman”
Extemporaneous (prepared, no notes)
WHAT IS THE MYTH OF THE LATIN WOMAN?
2. EXPLAIN HOW PUERTO RICAN GIRLS RECEIVE
CONFLICTING MESSAGES ABOUT PROPER BEHAVIOR?
3. EXPLAIN WHY THE AUTHOR FEELS GIRLS FROM HER
GENERATION FELT MORE “OUT OF STEP” THAN MOST
TEENAGERS.
4. HOW DID THE CHURCH AND FAMILY PROVIDE GIRLS
WITH A SENSE OF PROTECTION?
5. EXPLAIN THE MYTH OF THE HISPANIC MENIAL.
6. COFER USES MANY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES TO MAKE
HER POINTS. DO PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WEAKEN OR
STRENGTHEN HER ARGUMENT? EXPLAIN.
1.
Explain why Theroux thinks being a man in America is
“pitiful” and whether or not you agree.
2.
Explain what Theroux means when he says there is no
concept of man that “does not belittle women.”
3.
Explain why it is easier for women to write and men to
be published.
4.
Why is journalism the “manliest” form of writing?
5.
Explain Theroux’ quote:
“And this is also why men often object to feminism but
are afraid to explain why: of course women have a
justified grievance, but most men believe – and with
reason – that their lives are just as bad” (381).
6. Why does Theroux’ essay make sense in light of the fact
that a priori being a man is a privilege?
1.
Impromptu
1.
2.
3.
Explain why Theroux thinks being a man in
America is “pitiful” and whether or not you
agree.
Explain what Theroux means when he
says there is no concept of man that “does
not belittle women.”
Explain why it is easier for women to write
and men to be published.
IMPROMPTU
4.
5.
Why is journalism the “manliest” form of
writing?
Explain Theroux’ quote:
“And this is also why men often object to
feminism but are afraid to explain why: of
course women have a justified grievance,
but most men believe – and with reason –
that their lives are just as bad” (381).
IMPROMPTU
6. Why does Theroux’ essay make sense in
light of the fact that a priori being a man is
a privilege?
Agenda
► Close
reading of Wolff and Lewis
► Analysis response
► SSR
Close- Reading
► Read
and take notes on Stephen Lewis’
“AIDS Has a Woman’s Face” (2004) p. 382
► Read and take notes on Virginia Woolf’s
“Professions for Women” (1931) p. 356
Focus Write
► Accordingly,
the progress of women in the
last seventy years may or may not seem
evident upon analyzing the Woolf to Lewis
pieces.
► In
your opinion, how evident is this
progress? Cite both essays using quotes and
examples.
AGENDA
► Share
Focus Writes
► Media, Gender, and Poetry
► Gender Project Information
PASS THE POETRY
► Write
a line of poetry that best describes
what might have been said next in this
situation
NOW PASS TO
THE NEXT
PERSON IN
LINE!
“Barbie Doll”
Margie Piercy
PAGE 403
“GI JOE”
► Write
a copy-change poem entitled GI Joe
where you use “Barbie Doll” as a model for
structure, rhythm, and tone.
HOMEWORK
► “Focus
on Defining Masculinity” (p. 408)
 Write a two-page essay on one of the four
prompts (417-418), using numbered
parenthetical citations.
AGENDA
► Gender
Project Information
► Media, Gender, and Poetry
Role models?
“GI JOE”
► Share
“GI Joe” poems
MEDIA AND GENDER
Barbie Girl
Mean Girls
Old Spice
The Most Interesting
Man in the World
Gender Group Project
► Prospectus
► Presentation
► Delivery
How does today’s popculture and media
promotes particular
standards for male and
female dress and
behavior?
► Example
Thesis: On most television shows
and reality videos, fathers and husbands are
portrayed as loving and caring.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L64c5vT3NBw&feature=player_detailpage#t=0s
Pop-Culture Groups
► Form
groups of five and begin to formulate
possible thesis ideas for a presentation on
pop-culture. Your group’s goal is to decide
how pop-culture defines gender and
promotes gender bias.
► You will have the Monday and Tuesday to
plan for a 15-minute presentation on
February 8/9
SAME-GENDER GROUPS
HOMEWORK
► “Focus
on Defining Masculinity”
 Write a two-page essay on one of the four
prompts (417-418), using numbered
parenthetical citations.
► Collect
ideas for group presentation
Samoan Circle
► What
is to be gained by using each of the
following discussion techniques:
 Socratic Seminar
 Extemporaneous fish bowl
 Impromptu fish bowl
Agenda
► Quick
Reads
► Collect Homework- Always follow syllabus!
► Group Project
QUICK-READS
► Pass
papers clockwise
► Read for one minute
► Pass papers clockwise
► Continue until all
papers are read
NOW… CHOOSE
► Your
job is to decide which paper best fits
the description of the assignment:
Write a 2-page analysis that
examines the progress women have
made in the last 70 years. Cite both
essays using quotes and examples.
ASK: WHAT ARE THE QUALITIES OF A “GOOD” PAPER?
Rhetorical Vocabulary
Gender Group Project
► Prospectus
► Presentation
► Delivery
How does today’s popculture and media
promotes particular
standards for male and
female dress and
behavior?
► Example
Thesis: On most television shows
and reality videos, fathers and husbands are
portrayed as loving and caring.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L64c5vT3NBw&feature=player_detailpage#t=0s
► Gender
Presentations
 (Three days)
 Class discussion at the end
AGENDA
► Gender
Group Presentation
Agenda
► Creative
Communication Contest
► G.R.A.P.E.S.S.
► Magazine analysis
Creative Communication
► www.poeticpower.com
► Hard
to enter
copy
► Poems:
21 lines or less
► Essays: 250 words or less
Magazine Analysis
► With
a partner, you will choose three
magazines:
 Male (1 visual, 1 written)
 Female (1 visual, 1 written)
 Neutral (1- you choose type of text)
► Browse
and analysis ONE visual text and
ONE article from each and write a
G.R.A.P.E.S.S.S for each piece.
► Total of THREE G.R.A.P.E.S.S.
► Title/Company
► Taken
from:
►G
►R
►A
►P
►E
►S
►S
Turn in one GRAPESS report for each group.
AGENDA
► Magazine
analysis on gender stereotypes
Agenda
► Review
Classical, Toulmin, and Rogerian
Models
► “Your Universe” story
Research AGENDA
► Research
Papers Feb. 13-27