Today, in preparation for our "Girls versus Boys" debate, we read some articles and brainstormed some ideas about the social dynamics of both girls and boys, especially the dynamics of a group. As you know, Golding was fascinated with psychology and in studies of human nature. The novel also makes a bold statement about the nature of boys. Why did Golding specifically decide to include only boys in his novel? Would his novel been as effective in getting his point across if girls had been in the story? Why or why not? Are boys and girls innately different, or are we shaped simply by our society? These are all issues we will continue to explore this week. If you were absent, please download the articles/excerpts below, read them, and summarize in the bulleted worksheet. Tomorrow we will be watching a video, so don't fill in the "Video" section (duh). Before you read the three articles, brainstorm your own ideas about the characteristics of girl dynamics versus boy dynamics and list them in the first section. As you read the articles, underline the main points that each author is making with regards to these dynamics. Record these ideas in the "Articles" section, and come to class with this complete and ready for Tuesday! Listenening to Boys' Voices: Rescuing Ophelia's Brothers (from Real Boys by William Pollack)
Social Selves - Peers (from Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher)
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I read the story about a girl named Jaycee Lee Dugard. In June 10, 1991 she was kidnapped and then found again in yesterday, the 27th of August. To make sure that the girl was really Jaycee they had the girls parents come in and ask questions. The police officer called the mom and said short and sweetly, “Can you fly up here?” The FBI told the parents, “The authorities had Jaycee and the people she was with.” In the end it was Jaycee and the police stated, “I feel great……it’s like winning the lotto.”
I love test like that. You have to think and the results are funny.
The picture of the men in the cold freezing ice caps it an amazing spectacular picture. To start, it shows how extremely vast Greenland is. The men are quickly are toughly doing their job out in the ice caps. There are enormous holes in the ice caps that can be dangerous. If the men were moving fast they could slip into them and potentially die. You can see far into the land and way into the big blue beautiful sky. The sky is a cloudy gray and the ice is a bright white. The clouds look as they are skating across the sky gracefully slow.
Marisa Bromell
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