DO NOW – 11/10/15• In your CN, write a response of about 3-4 sentences to the

questions below:

1) Do men and women have different attitudes about love and sex? If so, what are they?

2) Given the answers to the above question, what influences these attitudes (hint: is it society, parenting, peers)?

Topic / Objective & Essential Question

• Topic / Objective: • 1) To complete the “twisted” timeline activity.

To brainstorm ideas for a Socratic Seminar on Thursday.

• Essential Question: • 1) Are Yolanda and Rudy’s reactions to each

other representative of how men and women act in general towards sex and love?

Announcements

• For Friday’s class, complete the WS titled “Analyzing a Story’s Essential Components”. Mirrored on the website.

What is the “twisted timeline”?

* Each index card has a quote from the story representing a key moment.

• You must arrange the index cards in the correct order according to when the events occur in the story.

• Some of the index cards contain fake, incorrect, or erroneous events.

What is the “twisted timeline”?

If you have an incorrect index card, flip it over and write a “corrected” paraphrase of an event and place it in the correct order in relation to the other cards.

In addition . . . Focus Questions

1) One to two group members need to answer

the focus questions.

2) Write a 2-3 sentence response for each question.

What you have to do (10 min)

• 3-4 group members work on “correcting the timeline” – put the cards in the proper order. Make sure to rewrite incorrect events.

• 1- 2 members should answer the following focus questions:

• A) How is Yolanda’s transformation as a character connected to our understanding of when she experiences events in the story?

• B) How would you justify Yolanda’s experience being unique or typical in today’s society?

SHARE OUT

1) Each group share out their timelines and their

answers to the focus question.

2) Respond to each other’s answers – do you agree or disagree, why?

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Return to your Seats – TURN AND TALK

Q: Diane Richardson, a well-regarded psychologist has noted:

• “ . . . in our society, women are ‘gatekeepers’ of sexuality . . . Men are ‘initiators’ of sex . . .”

• Take 3-4 minutes – DISCUSS WITH PEOPLE AROUND YOU - Do you think this is true?

Return to your Seats – TURN AND TALK

ET:

Write a response on an index card:Are Yolanda and Rudy’s reactions to each other representative of how men and women act in general towards sex and love?