Instruction
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Read Alick Batholomews The Big Picture and annotate. Your annotation must be typed, 12 pt. font Times New Roman, single spaced, about 200-250 words.
We will discuss the essay and your annotations in class Thursday.
An annotation is a summarization of what you have read. It must be a well-thought, well-organized, clear, focused paragraph and must incorporate some in-text citations.
Ex: In Gender in the Classroom written by Deborah Tannen, the article explores behaviors between males and females interacting in classrooms. Tannen situates her argument around classroom behavior as a model to showcase certain attributes between the two genders. She remarks how males are ingrained in the hierarchal system and girls are predestined to catty girl behavior. While Tannens observations are predicated on males and females, she does circumvent a few misnomers about said behaviors. For example, Tannen claims that males will seek challenges against other males as a way to push low-status boys around (398). However, Tannen fails to make the same assertions in girls; instead she undermines female behavior by liking female behavior to catty girl talk its the telling of secretsthat makes them girls (398). What is significant in Tannens argument is the undermining of female(s) contribution to a classroom. Moreover, Tannen highlights Walter Ong, an anthropologist well-versed in male/female behavior, who comments on ritualize opposition as a way to mollify the gender behaviors. Yet, she does proffer suitable communication examples, establishing how the genders communicate within a class and within a group. By offering qualitative data Tannens argument and assessment holds validity and sustainability that better informs the roles both genders play in the classroom