The Feminist Criticism in Literature - Educational Technology II (WebQuest)

Introduction

SUBJECT: ENGLISH.

GRADE LEVEL: 9 - 11.

CREATED BY: Co, Clarisse. BsEd - major in English.

 

Students,

 

In the realm of literature, there are several schools of thought that a student can employ in order to critically reason the theme, the basic elements of a prose, and the intended background context. In this specific lesson, we will have a brief run through of one of the many schools of thoughts; and one of which is  the Feminist Criticism. Furthermore, in this WebQuest, our topic will be related to the forthcoming task.

 

A brief introduction:

https://www.thoughtco.com/feminist-literary-criticism-3528960

Guideline questions to consider:

https://msmitchellsclasses.weebly.com/uploads/4/6/7/4/4674576/some_questions_feminist_critics_ask_about_literary_texts_and_key_terms_used_in_analysis.pdf 

* It is important that you have an idea of what to ask yourselves before analyzing a paper. With the guideline questions provided above, you will have the general sense of the questions. 

 

Here is a simplistic description of Feminist Criticism:

* The video also contains a short analysis of a story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBdUAcH-078&ab_channel=TeacherAizieDumuk

Task
  • In this particular stage, the students will need to be grouped into 4.
  • Individually, they will read The Wedding Day by Amador Daguio.
  • After so, the whole class needs to have an answer to the following questions below:
    • Who were the characters of the story? What was their importance and influence?
    • What was the main theme and setting of the story? Did the setting have any influence in how the story coursed?
    • Why was the story titled, The Wedding Dance?
  • As a group, they will create a main thesis that pertains to the story based on the literary criticism discussed. These questions will be answered in the forthcoming essay that they will create individually.
Process

The student will create an expository essay about The Wedding Dance by Amador Daguio in which they will apply their knowledge of Feminist school of thought in critiquing the story. Within this essay, they will answer their collective questions as well.

Students, all of you will follow the How to write a Literary Analysis Essay from Bucks County Community College, which is linked below:

https://www.bucks.edu/media/bcccmedialibrary/pdf/HOWTOWRITEALITERARYANALYSISESSAY_10.15.07_001.pdf

Evaluation

RATING SCALE:

The paper of the students shall be evaluated based on the following criteria below which the students have to be mindful of in the process of writing the specified composition.

Before writing, please read the descriptions thoroughly. 

CRITERIA
Exceptional Mastery (4)
Superior (3)
Satisfactory (2)
Unsatisfactory (1)
Organization

The student composed a coherent and logical sequence of sentences in the introduction, body, and the conclusion.

The student exemplified the above average compositional skills, but there were areas that the student did not have a swift transition of sequence.

The student exhibited an adequate order of their general idea throughout the composition, but did not exemplify an adequate organization.

The student did not have a structured sequence which inevitably confused the reader most of the time.
Content

The student had a clear topic in mind and did not sway from the original intent/message from start to finish. 

The student had a clear topic at the start and the idea is present most of the time in the composition, but there were areas in the essay that did not entirely connect with other clauses.

The composition exhibited an adequate quality in terms of organization in the introduction, body, and conclusion, but the development of ideas were incomplete and lacked structure to support the main idea.

The structure of ideas were not complete and was seemingly an effortless composition.
Grammar

The student exemplified an extraordinary usage of the language. There were no run-on sentences and there is an appropriate employment of conjunctions.

Above average usage of the basic grammar functions.

The student has an adequate awareness of the grammar functions, but would have incomplete clauses.

Inappropriate fused sentence, and the student seems to have a problem with the basic grammar functions.
Vocabulary

The student presented a vast knowledge of locution and has a great grasp of the English semantics.

The student exemplified a variety of vocabulary that are uncommon but there were a few words that are not appropriate for its context.

The vocabulary that the student utilized are properly expressed their ideas, but the words were adequately appropriate for their level of competency.

The student did not have an adequate grasp of the English semantics throughout the composition.
Conclusion

It is imperative that we strive for an open-mind on varying schools of thoughts when it comes to literature. In allowing ourselves to be exposed to them, we also allow ourselves to recognize the reflection of reality through world of storytelling. We recognize the pertinent issues that are still alive and still cost us a conservatively harmful viewpoints. And then we recognize our power to change the cycle of oppression that comes with inequality throughout varying classes. To end this, in the words of Maya Angelou, “The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free."