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=Monday, May 14= = = =Tuesday, May 15= >> by Rudolfo Anaya >> On the night of: Read: >> Tues., May 15 Uno 1 y Dos 2 >> Wed., May 16 Tres 3, Cuatro 4, >> y Cinco 5 >> Thurs., May 17 Seis 6, Siete 7, y Ocho 8 >> Fri., May 18 Nueve 9 >> >> Mon., May 21 Diez 10 >> Tues., May 22 Once11 y Doce 12 >> Wed., May 23 Trece 13 y Catorce 14 >> Thurs., May 24 finish 13 & 14 >> Fri., May 25 Quince 15, Dieciseis 16, >> y Diecisiete 17 >> >> Mon., May 28 Dieciocho 18 y >> Diecinueve 19 >> Tues., May 29 Veinte 20 y >> Veintiuno 21 >> Wed., May 30 Veintidos 22 >> =Wednesday, May 16= >>> =====1. put together, created. Ex.: a carefully wrought plan===== >>> 2. Shaped by hammering with tools. >>>> - Often of metals or metalwork > Antonio’s family conflict > Antonio’s conflicts of faith > La Llorona – part of Mexican folk beliefs. > La Virgen de Guadalupe – > = = =Thursday, May 17= = = =Friday, May 18=
 * notes on Anaya and magical realism
 * notes on Anaya and magical realism
 * Bless Me, Ultima vocab
 * =====1. intone, v. - to recite in a singing voice; to speak in a monotone=====
 * =====2. endow, v. - to provide with property, income, or a source of income=====
 * =====3. labyrinth, n. - maze; intricate, intertwined confusing pathways=====
 * =====4. teem, v. - to be full of, abound or swarm with.=====
 * =====Ex.: A drop of pond water teems with life.=====
 * Magical Realism handout
 * questions on handout
 * due by Friday
 * reading schedule for Bless Me, Ultima
 * // Bless Me, Ultima //
 * vocab warm-up
 * =====5. succulent, adj. -=====
 * =====full of juice or sap; juicy.=====
 * highly interesting or enjoyable; delectable
 * (like gossip, or a tasty food)
 * Botany: having thick, fleshy, water storing leaves or stems
 * Ex.: A cactus is one type of succulent
 * 6. gnarled, adj. - knotty or misshapen;
 * rugged and roughened from old age or work
 * 7. drone - v. - to make a continuous, low humming sound
 * n. - 1. a continuous, low humming sound
 * 2. a male worker bee who produces no honey, does no work
 * =====its only purpose is to mate with the queen=====
 * 3. a person who lives off the work of others
 * =====8. wrought - past tense and past participle of work.=====
 * =====made delicately or elaborately=====
 * =====The person who does this is a wright,=====
 * =====like a wheelwright, a cartwright, or a playwright=====
 * Theater review due
 * Theatre review, if you were in London
 * Research reports
 * Article on Language ("Dating Success . . . Pronouns")
 * questions due Friday
 * Notes: Bless Me, Ultima
 * Mother’s family: Luna (the moon)
 * the moon is predictable, cyclical
 * like farming
 * They hope Antonio will be a
 * farmer or a priest
 * Father’s family: Marez (from mar, ocean)
 * they ride across the ocean of the plains
 * they want him to be a cowboy like them
 * He’s six years old; he believes what people tell him.
 * He’s starting to realize that the things people tell him don’t all go together.
 * He doesn’t understand adult decisions and compromises (killing Lupito)
 * He has a connection with Ultima, the curandera (shaman)
 * accepts Catholicism
 * lives with her earth-based beliefs
 * The sound of the river is the voice of a woman condemned for killing her children. People are drawn dangerously to the river by her voice.
 * 1531 – the Virgin Mary appeared in Mexico asking that a shrine be built to her.
 * vocab warm-up
 * =====9. plaintive, adj. - sounding sad and mournful=====
 * 10. nestle, v. - to settle comfortably against something,
 * possibly half-hidden
 * =====11. trek, n. - a long difficult journey, esp. on foot=====
 * =====12. melee, n. - a violent, confusing, free-for-all battle=====
 * quiz on 1 - 5
 * vocab warm-up
 * =====13. epiphany, n. - a sudden awareness of knowledge=====
 * =====14. exorcism, n. - freeing someone from an evil spirit=====
 * =====15. heretic, n. - someone who rejects the accepted beliefs of a religion=====
 * =====16. totem, n. - an object (often an animal) that is an emblem or symbol of a person, family, or clan=====
 * Big Questions for Ch. 1-9