Respond to a series of prompts related to fundamental concepts related to signs of emergent literacy in infants and toddlers, and about strategies for enhancing emergent literacy while promoting positive dispositions toward reading and language learning.
Category: Literature
Keeping males and females from telling the truth
Write an essay of no more than 3000 words on the question below:
‘Keeping males and females from telling the truth about what happens to them in families is one way patriarchal culture is maintained. A great majority of
individuals enforce an unspoken rule in the culture as a whole that demands we keep the secrets of patriarchy, thereby protecting the rule of the father. This
rule of silence is upheld when the culture refuses everyone easy access even to the word “patriarchy”. Most children do not learn what to call this system of
institutionalised gender roles, so rarely do we name it in everyday speech’ (bell hooks, The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love. pp. 24–5). Discuss
how modes of authority and/or oppression are maintained by keeping certain things silent or unspoken in the texts you have studied on A335.
Answer with reference toTWOliterary texts. Select your two literary texts from the following:
At least ONE of the four set works from the following list: Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit; David Hare’s Stuff Happens; Jhumpa Lahiri’s
Unaccustomed Earth; and any of the digital texts discussed in Book 3, Chapter 7, ‘Literature and the digital age’. Note that you may answer on TWO of the set
texts listed here under ‘1.’
Should you write on only ONE of the four set texts listed in ‘1.’ above, your second selected text can be EITHER:
a.one set text from the rest of A335 that you have not written about in TMAs 01 to 04
OR
b.a literary text from beyond A335 of your own choosing (subject to the approval of your A335 tutor).
Italian-American Identity
Write a short research paper 7 pages MINIMUM. The topic of the research paper is “Italian-American Identity in X’s Literary Work (pick an author).”
Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies, by Seth Holmes.
An effective reading response will demonstrate that you have thoroughly read and understood the reading (or that you ask questions that reveal careful reading). It should find connections between the reading and the concepts we discuss in class. Personal reactions are also welcome and appreciated.
Be specific and provide details to back up your ideas.
Some questions to consider in your reading response:
You do not need to address all of these (choosing two might be a good way to structure your response), but they may help you get started in thinking about connections to the course:
• Why do cultural anthropologists such as Seth Holmes believe this work is useful and important?
• What research methods is Seth Holmes using?
• What ethical issues/challenges does Seth Holmes face in conducting his research? How does he deal with them? How do you think he should deal with them?
• What do you find important in what you have read so far?
• What questions do you have about Seth Holmes’s experiences? Why do you find those questions important?
Drama literary analysis of a Doll’s House
Choose a social issue that Ibsen addresses in the play. How is it addressed? How does the context of the times play a role?
Van Gogh’s Starry Night and The Olive Trees
Artwork to be compared are Van Gogh’s Starry Night and The Olive Trees which are located at the MoMa in NYC.
Van Gogh’s Starry Night and The Olive Trees
Artwork to be compared are Van Gogh’s Starry Night and The Olive Trees which are located at the MoMa in NYC.
Literature of the Middle Ages
As we move through the literature of the Middle Ages, we begin to see an increasing amount of female characters. What do you think about the representation of women in Gawain and the Green Knight? Has their reputation changed? For the better or the worse? Use specifics from the text to support your answer.
Children’s literature
Select a piece of children’s literature, young adult literature, an informational article, or a textbook used in classrooms. You can find the reading material or text in your own collection, at your local public library, or online as an e-book. Using the “Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias in Children’s Books,” evaluate the selected reading for bias.
Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books – Teaching for Change
In a 250-500 word matrix, conduct a text analysis using the article’s nine guidelines to identify bias in your selected material. In your analysis, assess the degree to which surface culture and deep culture are addressed and the cultural values that are presented in the text. Additionally, explain how you applied each guideline to evaluate the text for bias in order to create more relevant learning experiences for all students.
Following the text analysis matrix, in 150-250 words, describe where you think the text falls on the cultural competence continuum and why. Reflect on what the text or analysis revealed about your own personal biases. Include at least two resources to help deepen your own understanding of cultural, ethnic, gender, or learning differences. Identify the action steps for competently and respectfully addressing student performance issues that may appear to be affected by individual and cultural differences.
The Comedy of Errors
Should The Comedy of Errors by William Shaklespeare be “canceled”?