7/29/2019 English 25 Schedule of Assignments

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English 25 Instructor: Dr. Valarie ZapataTu/Th 2:20-3:45 Office: PSC 1B

PSC 3 Hours: T 12:30-2, 4-5:30; W 12-2

Spring 2013 Th 1-1:50Contact Info: (951) 571-6153

valarie.zapata@mvc.edu

Schedule of Assignments

(Subject to revision)

Assignments to be completed on the day listed. Bring all reading material and blue books to class.

Chicano teatro pioneer Luis Valdezs I Dont Have to Show You No Stinking Badges play to be staged at JosefinaLopezs Casa 0101 performance space in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles February 8thMarch 10th.

Please make every effort to see a performance. We will be spending a significant portion of our semester studying

Chicano teatro/Valdez. (Extra Credit is available)

Find our course website at: latinoliteratureoftheunitedstates.wordpress.com

Week 1: Latino/a LiteratureTue 2/12: Course Introduction

Thu 2/14: Read: Defining Latino readingsand Introduction: The Search for Wholeness.

Will receive Blue Book Reading Response Journal prompt.

Week 2: Close ReadingBegin bringing Reading Response Journal to class (bring every class session)

Tue 2/19: Read: Close Reading Packet 1 (available on our course website) & Close Reading Packet

2 (Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton). Beyond the Yellow Highlighter article.

Bring blue book to class.

Thu 2/21: Read: Close Reading Packet 3 (William Carlos Williams)

Week 3: Writing LatinidadTue 2/26: In-class essay. Bring blue book and essay outline.

Thu 2/28: Read: Thomas.Down These Mean Streets (DTMS) pgs 1-46

Week 4: Puerto Ricans in New YorkProfessor for a Day Presentations begin

Tue 3/5: Read: DTMS pgs 47-141

Thu 3/7: No class.

Week 5: East Coast LatinidadTue 3/12: Read:DTMS pgs 142-222

Thu 3/14: Read: DTMS pgs 223-end

Week 6: Latina IdentityTue 3/19: Read: Ortiz Cofer. Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood

pgs 11-36

Thu 3/21: Read: Silent Dancing pgs 37-58

Week 7: A Sense of HomeTue 3/26: Read: Silent Dancing pgs 59-109

Thu 3/28: Read: Silent Dancing pgs 110-end

Week 8: Review

Tue 4/2: Due: Essay # 2. Midterm review.

Thu 4/4: Midterm. Will be allowed to use Blue Book Reading Journals for exam.

Week 9: SPRING BREAK!

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