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.