Block 1/4:
Languages on the Edge of Extinction: Free Write: What if you were the last speaker of your language? What could you do and who could you turn to for help? Guiding Questions:
Texts to Consider: Our Spirits Don't Speak English: Indian Boarding Schools "Indian Boading Schools" Broken English, Rupi Kauer "If you want to crush a person", Natalie Diaz How to Tame a Wild Tongue, GLORIA ANZALDUA Four Things Happen When a Language Dies, Kat Eschner The Importance of Your Mother Tongue, Hantz Hessough Now...Answer our Guiding Questions to the BEST of YOUR ABILITY. Use the time to address these questions as a space to gather your thoughts for discussion. You must reference at least 4 of our texts in your answers. Be sure to use specific evidence to support your claims. As a structure for your paragraphs you can keep in mind: Claim + Evidence from Texts + Analysis = unified/great paragraph. And if you need a reminder... What is a paragraph? Block 3/5: Gratitude... Discussion: What is Language Loss? Step 1: 20 minutes. You'll each receive 1 piece of paper and access to some basic art supplies (sorry, we seem to be missing a lot of our supplies) On your piece of paper, address the question "What is language loss?" in your authentic voice/language. Work to address the question in a complete and comprehensive fashion. You can use ANY and ALL LANGUAGE(S) you possess. Keep in mind that language Step 2: 5 minutes. Take a photo Create a slide and upload your answer to our slide presentation "What is language loss?" Option 2: Step 3: 30 minutes: Looking at our slides, we'll work to analyze, translate, construct meaning from and understand our answers to the question "What is Language Loss?" **If you have not completed the Google Form "Taming Tongues", please complete by Weds, March 14th, 2018. Extra Credit: View the Video "Rising Voices" and write me a reflection via email. Be sure to work with integrity. You don't get credit just for submitting a response. Designing Fridays
In small groups, you'll begin the process of imagining, conceiving, and designing a Friday... We'll follow the steps of Design Thinking:
Step 1: Self-select small groups (3 or 4 people). Your group will all be working together to create a l hour learning experience that must be connected to our mission. Step 2: We'll work through the steps of Design Thinking Each group must complete This GOOGLE FORM by the end of class. Extra Credit: View the short film, La Chicana, and share your take away with me via email. Think about....What (if anything) did you learn? Did you connect with any of the details of the film? Reflect. Be specific. Support your claims with evidence. Write with integrity. Cultivating diverse models of articulation, speaking out to share stories of strength and resilience, speaking truth, despite obstacles…. Free Write: Take 10 minutes and write about where you're at, how you're feeling in the midst of this crazy world. Reflect on what you need to reflect on. Give yourself some time and space to breathe. Yesika Salgado and the power of Voice (persona, point of view, syntax, diction, irony) Read: Fat, Fly, Salvadoran Poet Brings Body Positivity And Brown Girl Love To The Stage View: Brown girl. Read along: Brown Girl. Vocabulary for “Brown Girl” Discrimination: the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things Militant: combative and aggressive in support of a political or social cause Wicker: pliable twigs, typically of willow, plaited or woven to make items such as furniture and baskets. Insinuate: suggest or hint in an indirect and unpleasant way. Newfound: recently discovered or established. Integrate: combine (one thing) with another to make a whole Incite: encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behavior). Liberate: set (someone) free from a situation Eurocentric: focusing on European culture or history to the exclusion of a wider view of the world. Femme: a lesbian whose appearance and behavior are seen as traditionally feminine. Marginalize: treat (a person, group, or concept) as insignificant Compromise: settle a dispute by mutual concession. Discuss Salgado's Voice... *********BREAK*************** Final Writing: Reflect on our learning…what have we learned? Is it important to you? Why or why not? You may also include in your letter a reflection on one of the passages you read. Did you discover a powerful voice. Highlight the use of the components of voice (Diction, Syntax, Point of View, Persona, Irony). Explain how and why you connect with the passage you’ve chosen. Use our writing rubric C + C + C + C = C as a standard for great writing.
1. Question: What is Xicana Feminism and the Xicana Feminist Movement?
2. Reading: Helena Maria Viamontes' “The Moths”. Annotate and prep for Discussion.... 1. Viramontes has declared (in "Why I Write," 1993) that.... "Writing is the only way I know how to pray." What is it about the story "The Moths" that might qualify it to be appreciated as a form of "prayer"? 2. Magic realism is a chiefly Latin-American narrative strategy that is characterized by the matter-of-fact inclusion of fantastic or mythical elements into seemingly realistic fiction. What makes the conclusion of this story an instance of this genre? 3. Some say that the story "dramatizes Viramontes' view of the patriarchal Chicano tradition that stifles women's lives." If this description strikes you as getting at something at the heart of this story, explain how it does. 3.Written Reflection: Extra Credit:
**fyi: extra credit #1 is due by friday!! Consider Syllabus
Consider Rubric Today's writing: 4 Questions = 5 points . But first....Let's Revisit: Audre Lorde “Transformation of Silence Into Language and Action.” Activity: Human Gallery Walk Why does ethnic studies matter? Written Reflection: What do you think? Does Ethnic Studies matter? Do you agree with Ron Espiritu? Why? Why not? (1pt) Que es Testimonio? Written Reflection: What is Xicana/o Studies? What is xicana/o testimonio? Be as specific and detailed as possible. (1pt) The #MeToo Movement -Think/Pair/Share:
Discussion: 5 points
Written Reflection: Are these important questions and topics to consider? Why? Why not? (2pts) **If time permits...revisit Syllabus...Comments, questions, subtractions and addition, etc… Extra Credit: Choose one. Option 1: Choose one texts below, read, and write me an email (no more than 125 words) with questions, thoughts, concerns, beliefs related to the text... Option 2: Re-Consider Syllabus. Comments, questions, etc… email me--no more than 250 words. |