Late Essays

Late essays will incur the following penalty:

• 1 letter grade off each class period essay is late
• By Wed. 11/28 the most you can make is a B
• By Fri. 11/30 the most you can make is a C
• I will not accept essays next week.

Final Essay Prompt

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Final Essay DUE: 11/26
Revisions DUE: 11/26

If you are wanting to write on your own research topic, post abstract below. 

Essay 2

Essay Prompt 2
DUE 11/07/18

If you have any questions, please post below.  Thank you.

Citation Lab 1

Question 1:

JSTOR

Key Word: film studies

Find: Introducing Film Studies

p. 94

Cite the following APA:

“They get an introduction to film history from a point of view reflective of and grounded in my published research”

Question 2:

EBSCOhost

Key Word: film studies an introduction

Find: Irish Film and Media Studies Publication. Introduction

Cite the following in APA:

“Irish cinema has tended to be read this way too – as reflecting and reflecting on national and social concerns”

Question 3:

Book, pg. 81

Borderland / La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldúa

Cite the following in APA:

“Until I can take pride in my language, I cannot take pride in myself. Until I can accept as legitimate Chicano Texas Spanish, Tex-Mex and all the other languages I speak, I cannot accept the legitimacy of myself”

In the above passage, Anzaldúa questions her legitimacy as a person through her language and culture.

In the above passage, the author questions her legitimacy as a person through her language and culture.

JSTOR & EBSCO LAB 2

JSTOR & EBSCO LAB 2

Using JSTOR

Keywords: Cisneros, colonialism, Malinche

·         How many search results do you get?

·         Locate the article: “Los Milagros de la Virgen de Guadalupe: Transcion al Nuevo/Nuevo Mundos

·         Who wrote the article?

·         What journal does it appear?

·         What hear was it published

Using JSTOR

Keywords: Hemingway, Michigan, The End of Something

·         How many search results do you get?

·         Who wrote “Ernest Hemingway’s West”?

·         What journal does it appear?

·         What volume and issue?

·         How many pages is it?

Using EBSCO

Keywords: Hemingway, Michigan

·         How many search results appear?

·         Locate “Hemingway’s Michigan Landscapes” journal article

·         Who wrote it?

·         What year was it published?

·         What is the article about?

·         Where did you get the information?

Using EBSCO

Keywords: Anzaldua, Language

·         How many search results appear

·         What is “Collapsing the Binary in Gloria Anzaldua’s “Borderlands” about?

·         Who wrote it?

10/15 - 10/26

Read: Can be found on the blog and on blackboard assigned readings

• Never Marry A Mexican - Sandra Cisneros
• Eleven - Sandra Cisneros
• Movimientos de rebeldia y las culturas que traicionan - Gloria Anzaldúa
• How to Tame a Wild Tongue - Gloria Anzaldúa

Write: 

• 1 Response on a Cisneros Story (Due 10/26)
• 1 Response on an Anzaldúa Essay (Due 10/26)

I EXPECT EVERYONE TO HAVE READ, HAVE THE READINGS, AND BE READY TO DISCUSS

10/13

The Following Lab Assignments will be Due on Friday:

• Five Elements of Fiction Lab (using "The End of Something" and "Three Day Blow" find the plot, characters, setting, and theme for each short story) Use worksheet located in Blackboard
• Literary Devices & Terms Lab (using "The End of Something" find different modes of figurative language within the short story) Use worksheet located in Blackboard