Transcript “Paper Matches”

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Unit Three - Choices
• This unit offers works of literature that reflect on individual choices
and the consequences of those choices.
• At 16/17 years of age, what are some of the most common choices
you are facing now and in the near future?
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• As you read the various works from this unit, think about what
choices (if any) are being emphasized.
Paper Matches
Paulette Jiles
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My aunts washed dishes while the uncles
Squirted each other on the lawn with
Garden hoses. Why are we in here,
I said, and they are out there?
That’s the way it is,
Said Aunt Hetty, the shrivelled-up one.
I have the rages that small animals have,
Being small, being animal.
Written on me was a message,
“At Your Service,” like a book of
Paper matches. One by one we were
Taken out and struck.
We come bearing supper,
Our heads on fire.
“Paper Matches”
• Is the poem's scenario typical in today's
society?
• Do you think, overall, that household
tasks are more fairly divided among
family members now than they were in
the past?
• Provide specific details and examples to
support your answers!
Read the poem, Paper Matches with the intention to answer the following
questions: (self check)
1. When the speaker says that women are like paper matches, "One by one we
were taken out and struck," is she referring to physical violence against women?
Support your answer with reference to the poem.
2. What might the men playing with the garden hoses be a symbol for?
3. Explain the simile of the matchbook. How are the women like matches?
4. What does the metaphor, "we come bearing supper/our heads on fire" refer
to?
5. If you were given a chance, what would you say to the men and women of
this poem? What advise might you have for the women? How might the conflict
be resolved?
Political Correctness
• is a term applied to
language, ideas, policies,
or behaviour seen as
seeking to minimize
offense to gender, racial,
cultural, disabled, aged or
other identity groups.
Conversely, the term
"politically incorrect" is
used to refer to language
or ideas that may cause
offense.
Political Correctness today...
What are the political correct terms for
the following:
Crippled___________
Garbage Man_________
Eskimo_____________
Stewardess_____________
Little Red Riding Hood
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What are the reasons for the following comments or
events in the story:
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a) Red Riding Hood did not do "womyn's work"
b) Red Riding Hood forgiving the wolf's sexist remark
c) the wolf was a carnivore that ate the grandmother
d) the snacks were fat-free and sodium-free
e) the wolf says he is happy with himself
f) Red Riding Hood turned angrily on the
woodchopper
g) what Red Riding Hood, her grandmother, and the
wolf had in common at the end of the story
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How is this text appropriate in modern terms of
political correctness? What issues does it address?
Cartoon Analysis Assignment
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Assignment- Power Point Presentation: U3L2
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Browse through the Adobe document, Unwrapped Fairy Tales, choose
ONE cartoon that is interesting to you.
Copy the cartoon onto a slide in a Power Point presentation.
On the slides following the cartoon, complete an analysis of that cartoon,
answering the questions within the Cartoon Analysis worksheet.
Once you have completed the analysis for the cartoon, discuss how the cartoon
spoof was similar to James Finn Garner's fairy tale spoof.
Create a title slide for your Power Point - your finished product will be 6 slides
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slide one - title
slide two - cartoon
slide three - analysis of visuals
slide four - analysis of words
slide five - analysis of meaning
slide six - comparison of how cartoon and Garner's spoof are similar
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Click on Cartoon Analysis link to see an example of how to complete
this assignment.
Unit Two Test
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under “Tests”
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