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6/28:

Read Cisernos pp. 70-110
Revise "Autobiographical Incident"
Write "Identity Quote Essay"

6/30:

Read Peck, pp. 60-65
Research your topic and write 1-page report
Revise "Identity Quote Essay" and email it to me by noon on Tuesday, July 5th.
Revise "Just Because I'm..." and post it on the Poet's Corner

7/7

Finish revising your autoiographical essay & ID quote. Be ready to turn these in with all of your drafts on Mon.
Read Chapters "Uno" through "Nueve" in "Bless Me, Ultima"
Write a rough draft of your persuasive letter
Post one research report per group on the website under "Resources & Weblinks"

7/11

Read Anaya Chapters "Diez" through "Trece"
Revise your persuasive letter to your parent(s)
Write a rough draft of your argumentative essay
Write 2-3 discussion questions about "Bless Me, Ultima"
Write one claim you would make about something in the novel so far.

7/14

Read Anaya Chaters "Catorce" through "Diecisiete"
Revise your argumentative essay
Write your interpretive essay
Finish reading "Self-Edit Tips" on pp. 18-19 of the course reader

7/18

Finish all of "Bless Me, Ultima"
Revise your Persuasive Letter
Revise Interpretive/Literary Analysis Essay
Complete Course Evaluation

7/21

Read "Take the Tortillas Out of Poetry" by Anaya
Read Bender, pp. 77-83
Revise your Argumentative Essay
Write "Why Write" piece

7/25

Read one of the following short stories in the course reader: "The Stolen Party" by Liliana Heker (pp. 55-59), "The Seventh Grade" by Lynda Barry (pp. 67-68), "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid (pp. 69-70), or "From Donald Duk" by Frank Chin (pp. 71-76) and then post your comments in the discussion forum.
Choose your Author's Chair piece to read and bring a clean copy to hand in; practice your reading!
Revise Literary Analysis essay
Final touches on your dream project