Feb.+22+-+26

Monday, February 22

 * Alternative Text example from web
 * few words, fewer pictures of plane fixed with duct tape after bear attack
 * Reading time
 * quiz on NYC, final section of Glass Castle - 12 pts.

Tuesday, February 23

 * memoir writing time
 * due Wednesday

Wednesday, February 24

 * memoir due -
 * Step One - Story Selection - 10 pts.
 * Step Two - Arc of Your Story (yellow sheet) - 5 pts.
 * Finished Memoir (Narrative Essay) - 40 pts.

// Drown // by Junot Diaz reading schedule Contemporary Lit On the night of: Read: Wed., Feb. 24 Ysrael Thurs., Feb. 25 Fiesta, 1980 Fri., Feb. 26 Aurora
 * check out Drown
 * hand out reading schedule:

Mon., Mar. 1 Aguantando Tues., Mar. 2 Drown Wed., Mar. 3 Boyfriend Thurs., Mar. 4 Edison, NJ Fri., Mar. 5 How to Date & No Face

Mon., Mar. 8 Negocios
 * notes on Junot Diaz, Dominican Republic

Thursday, February 25

 * finish notes
 * Spanglish
 * code-switching
 * cockfighting
 * gambling
 * we "toughened up our roosters with pails of cold water" - p. 4
 * Yunior = junior, the narrator
 * Rafa, the big brother
 * Time to read

Friday, February 26

 * 1st reading quiz - 8 pts.
 * "Ysrael"
 * America is the source of
 * more fattening feed for livestock
 * good shoes
 * real kites
 * good medicine
 * parallel structure worksheet - 5 pts.