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Monday, March 7

 * Dear Abby article on language pet peeves
 * discussion
 * chart on pet peeves from article and personal pet peeves

Tuesday, March 8

 * quiz on "Fiesta, 1980" and "Aurora"
 * discuss stories
 * pet peeves - what about language in the book
 * what does it say about each character?
 * what do people's errors say about them?
 * do you think the things that annoy us say something about us?
 * turn in:
 * peeve chart

Wednesday, March 9

 * discuss "Fiesta", "Aurora", "Aguantando"

Thursday, March 10

 * quiz on "Aguantando" & "Drown"
 * discuss stories
 * Papi expected, not showing
 * Mami's connection to him
 * structure of "Drown"
 * Yunior's relationship to Mami
 * Yunior's relationship to Beto
 * What about Yunior and Beto?

Friday, March 11

 * Words Often Confused from grammar book
 * choose three sets of words that cause you trouble
 * lists are on pages 4 and 14
 * read the explanations
 * write a sentence for each word, using it correctly
 * pair up with another student to check for errors
 * turn in your sentences