Reading Response #21: "Lone Star" & Adams, “Forget the Alamo”

Post your reading response to all of the readings below. 

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 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 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 14 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, November 27th

• CONFERENCES [NO CLASS]
• Homework
• continue working on your Final Personal Narrative

Wednesday, November 29th

• CONFERENCES [NO CLASS]
• Homework
• continue working on your Final Personal Narrative
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Monday, 12/4
• Lone Star [On Reserve@ UTRGV Library]
• Adams, “Forget the Alamo” (Blackboard)
• post Reading Response #21 on our course blog by 8pm on Sunday, 12/3

Reading Response #20: Anzaldúa, Ch. 7 & "Señorita Extraviada"

Post your reading response to all of the readings below. 

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 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 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 13 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, November 20th

• Giselle Sanchez: New World Border & Livingston “Murder in Juarez”
• Homework
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Wednesday
• Anzaldúa, Ch. 7
  
• Señorita Extraviada (Blackboard)
• post Reading Response #20 on our course blog by 8pm on Tuesday, 11/21

Wednesday, November 22nd

• Quiz #12
• Celine Salas & Luis Reyna: Anzaldúa, Ch. 7 & Señorita Extraviada
• Homework
• continue working on your Final Personal Narrative

Reading Response #19: "New World Border" & Livingston “Murder in Juarez”

Post your reading response to all of the readings below. 

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 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 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Reading Response #18: "Zoot Suit" & Barrios, “A Conversation With Luis Valdez”

Post your reading response to all of the readings below. 

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 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 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 12 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, November 13th

• Yarazeth Ramirez: Born in East L.A. (1987) & Noriega, “Waas Sappening?”
• Homework
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Wednesday
• Zoot Suit (1997) [On Reserve@ UTRGV Library]
• Barrios, “A Conversation With Luis Valdez”
• post Reading Response #18 on our course blog by 8pm on Tuesday, 11/14

Wednesday, November 15th

• Quiz #11
• Missael Salinas: Zoot Suit (1997) & Barrios, “A Conversation With Luis Valdez”
• Homework
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Monday
• New World Border [On Reserve@UTRGV Library]
• Livingston “Murder in Juarez”
• post Reading Response #19 on our course blog by 8pm on Sunday, 11/19

Reading Response #17: "Born in East L.A." & Noriega, “Waas Sappening?”

Post your reading response to all of the readings below. 

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 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 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Reading Response #16: "The Perfect Game" & “The Little League World Series’ Only Perfect Game”

Post your reading response to all of the readings below. 

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 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 8pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.

Week 11 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, November 6th

• Joanne Lopez: Regalado, “Invisible Identity" & Iber, “On-field Foes and Racial Misconceptions”
• Homework
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Wednesday
• The Perfect Game [On Reserve@UTRGV Library]
  
• “The Little League World Series’ Only Perfect Game” [on Blackboard]
• post Reading Response #16 on our course blog by 8pm on Tuesday, 11/7

Wednesday, November 8th

• Quiz #10
• Discuss Final Personal Narrative
• Group Mural Drawings DUE
• Fabian Perez: The Perfect Game & “The Little League World Series’ Only Perfect Game”
• Homework
• view/print/read/bring the following for discussion to class on Monday
• Born in East L.A. (1987) [On Reserve@ UTRGV Library]
  
• Noriega, “Waas Sappening?”
• post Reading Response #17 on our course blog by 8pm on Sunday, 11/12