1. Graphic Organizer & TIQA TIQA

2. Topic and Thesis sentence:
TOPIC: Fairy tales and sexism
THESIS SENTENCE: Fairy tales, Grimm or their Disney counterparts, have helped to reinforce a negative image of women: as helpless creatures incapable of independent self-actualization or as powerless tokens of adornment.

3. Supporting quotation/text: Cinderella is distraught, resorts to magic, deception—preoccupation with going to the ball; step sisters cut off heals to make shoe fit to “get the man”
Topic Sentence:
The characters in “Cinderella” help to reinforce a negative stereotype of women by portraying an overemphasis on the procurement of a man for personal fulfillment.
Commentary on supporting quotation/ text: women will go to great lengths to procure a man; risking responsibilities and disfigurement. Pain to self=worth it??
Supporting quotation/text: Cinderella was trapped by societal expectations of a woman—cleaning, keeping house, helpless, dependent.
Commentary on supporting quotation/ text: “happily ever after” came when she was “rescued” by the prince—relieving her from her life of despair and toil. Displayed as only option

4. Supporting quotation/text: Magic mirror= emphasis on beauty; causes Step mom to resort to wicked acts (fear!)
Topic Sentence:
Similarly, “Snow White” also depicts women as helpless victims, with their worth dependent on their beauty or a man.
Commentary on supporting quotation/ text: Beauty=salvation because it makes a woman desirable to men. Without beauty, power does not exist; step mom feared loss of power/control
Supporting quotation/text: after eating poison apple, Prince’s kiss could wake her
Commentary on supporting quotation/ text: Revitalization from a man, not self. Again man = salvation, safety, fulfillment

5. What did you learn from your topic
What did you learn from your topic? What should the reader learn from it? Why was this topic important to you/chosen by you?
Fairy Tales are not always as simple as they appear.
If women are portrayed this way, how are men portrayed (separate essay??)
If a FT was written today, how would it be different? They are reflective of the culture of the time.
Fairy tales about strong women: list??? Counter point?

6. TIQA TIQA Topic sentence
Intro information leading into the quote and details to follow
Quotes or support from work to prove the topic sentence
Analysis: explanation of the relevance, significance, or meaning of given quote
Rinse and repeat! (Be sure to use a transition to the next idea!)
Most strong paragraphs provide at least two pieces of support for a given idea.