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righttop00No Bikini: A Short StoryBackground: Ivan Coyote was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. An award-winning author of eight collections of short stories, one novel, three CD’s, four short films and a renowned performer, Ivan’s first love is live storytelling, and over the last nineteen years they have become an audience favourite at music, poetry, spoken word and writer’s festivals from Anchorage to Amsterdam.Pre-discussion: How important is gender to children? Is it more important as children grow up?OR Are some kinds of spaces more gendered than others? For example, a swimming pool compared to a grocery store? Explain. Reading Skill: Connecting and questioning. Use stickies to record your thinking and your questioning. Questions:Simple, text driven questions to help understand the story on a surface level:In what ways is the story funny? In what ways is it serious? How did the main character feel when she was thought to be a boy during the swimming lessons?What is the point of view? Omnisicient, limited omnisicient, first person or objective? See “English Textbook” for information on “prose terminology”. Deeper questions that extend understanding:How difficult was it for the main character to be thought of as a boy by the swimming teacher? What does this imply about gender?What is the central conflict of the story? How is the family affected by the conflict? How is the conflict resolved?What do you think she means when she says, “And that I had never, not once, felt naked”. Is the protagonist a dynamic or static character? Explain. Writing Analysis:Circle all the short, declarative sentences. What is the purpose of using this writing style in these places? Answer in a short sentence or two.Why do you think she begins the story with “I had a sex change once, when I was six years old.” What do you think her purpose was for beginning like this?Find the rule of 3’s. Underline them. Find an example of the use of a colon. Circle it. We will go over colon usage. Theme statement: (Topic + treatment +/- = result) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Change the theme statement into a question. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Post-writing:How is gender identity and expression influenced by societal expectations? Use examples from real life. ORDo you have a personal connection to this story? Have you experienced or know someone who has experienced a “crisis” in their gender identity? ................
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