Reading Response #10: "And You Thought Pedo Meant Fart" and "Tacos o Lonches"

Post your reading response to "And You Thought Pedo Meant Fart" and "Tacos o Lonches," below.  

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 350 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 10pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 7 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, February 29th

• Discuss "Wolf's Head Lake" and "Recuerdo"
• Writing/Reading Activity & Complication (Dialogue)
• Homework
• re-write fictional narrative with new complication
• 200-300 words
• print/bring hard copy of your narrative to class on Wednesday
• read "And You Thought Pedo Meant Fart" and "Tacos o Lonches" (available on our course blog under 'Readings')
• post Reading Response #10 on our course blog by 10pm on Tuesday, 3/1

Wednesday, March 2nd

• Quiz #6
• Q&A with Guest Author: Thomas de la Cruz
• Homework
• compose WA#2 in your Google Drive shared folder
• compose a short-short story (800-1000 words) that involves the characters you created during Week 5
• provide a TITLE for your narrative
• Follow MLA guidelines (double-spaced; name & class info; page numbers)
• Name your file like this in your Google Drive shared folder: Fiction_YourFullName
• print/bring three (3) copies of your fictional narrative to class on Monday for Workshop #3

Reading Response #9: "Wolf's Head Lake" and "Recuerdo," pgs. 164-169

Post your reading response to "Wolf's Head Lake" and "Recuerdo," pgs. 164-169, below.  

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 350 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 10pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Reading Response #8: "Popular Mechanics" and "Reunion," pgs. 155-158

Post your reading response to "Popular Mechanics" and "Reunion," pgs. 155-158, below.  

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 350 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 10pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 6 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, February 22nd

• Discuss "The Hit Man" and "A Kind of Flying"
• Writing/Reading Activity & Complication (Setting)
• Homework
• re-write fictional narrative with new complication
• print/bring hard copy to class on Wednesday
• read "Popular Mechanics" and "Reunion," pgs. 155-158
• post Reading Response #8 on our course blog by 10pm on Tuesday, 2/23

Wednesday, February 24th

• Quiz #5
• Discuss "Popular Mechanics" and "Reunion"
• Writing/Reading Activity & Complication (Point of View)
• Homework
• re-write fictional narrative with new complication
• new word limit: 200-300 words
• print/bring hard copy of your narrative to class on Monday
• Read "Wolf's Head Lake" and "Recuerdo," pgs. 164-169
• post Reading Response #9 on our course blog by 10pm on Sunday, 2/28

Reading Response #7: "The Hit Man" and "A Kind of Flying," pgs. 149-155

Post your reading response to "The Hit Man" and "A Kind of Flying," pgs. 149-155, below.  

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 350 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 10pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Reading Response #6: "An Angel" and "Loser," pgs. 145-149

Post your reading response to "An Angel" and "Loser", pgs. 145-149,, below.  

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 350 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 10pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 5 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, February 15th

• Discuss Starkey, pgs. 98-141
• Writing Activity: Creating Characters
• Homework
• print/bring character descriptions to class on Wednesday for writing activity
• read "An Angel" and "Loser," pgs. 145-149
• post Reading Response #6 on our course blog by 10pm on Tuesday, 2/16

Wednesday, February 17th

• Quiz #4
• Discuss "An Angel" and "Loser"
• Writing Activity & Complications
• Homework
• compose a 100-120 word fictional narrative that 1) includes the character you created/described and 2) the complication received in class
• print/bring hard copy of your narrative to class on Monday for class activity
• Read "The Hit Man" and "A Kind of Flying," pgs. 149-155
• post Reading Response #7 on our course blog by 10pm on Sunday, 2/21

Reading Response #5: Starkey, pgs. 98-141

Post your reading response to Starkey, pgs. 98-141, below.  

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 350 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 10pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 4 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, February 8th

• Workshop #1: Creative Nonfiction
• Homework
• revise Nonfiction draft in Google Drive
• print/bring three (3) copies of REVISED Nonfiction draft to class on Wednesday for Workshop #2

Wednesday, February 10th

• Workshop #2: Creative Nonfiction
• Homework
• revise cnf draft in Google Drive
• REVISED Nonfiction due for instructor feedback by 10pm on Friday, 2/12
• Read Starkey, pgs. 98-141
• post Reading Response #5 on course blog by 10pm on Sunday, 2/14

Reading Response #4: “In Bed,” “El Toro Rojo,” and “The Witching Hour” (220-223; 226-229)

Post your reading response to “In Bed,” “El Toro Rojo,” and “The Witching Hour” (220-223; 226-229), below.  

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 350 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due by 10pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 3 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, February 1st

• Discuss "The Mute Sense," "My Papa's Waltz," and "Westbury Court" (214-220)
• Writing Activity: Resurrections, according to Roland Barthes
• Discussion Leader Sign-up
• Homework
• read “In Bed,” “El Toro Rojo,” and “The Witching Hour” (220-223; 226-229)
• post Reading Response #4 on our course blog by 10pm on Tuesday, 2/2
• bring a photograph that includes both you and your family to class on Wednesday

Wednesday, February 3rd

• Quiz #3
• Discuss “In Bed,” “El Toro Rojo,” and “The Witching Hour” (220-223; 226-229)
• Writing Activity: TBA
• Discuss Writing Assignment #1: Nonfiction
• Homework
• Compose WA#1 in your Google Drive shared folder
• compose a personal narrative (600-800 words) that details an important/formative moment in your life.
• provide a TITLE for your narrative
• Follow MLA guidelines (include name & class info and page numbers; double-spaced)
• Name your file like this in Google Drive: Nonfiction_YourFullName
• print/bring three (3) copies of your nonfiction narrative to class on Monday for Workshop #1