RR#7: Ch. 5 & “Brownies”

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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. This reading responses is due by midnight on Wednesday, March 18.

Week 7 Agenda [Tentative]

Friday, February 28th

• Workshop #4: Tiffany Joissin & Sandra Martinez
• Discussion Leaders: Angela Milan & Monica Olvera 
• Chapter 4
• Díaz, “Fiesta, 1980” (137-146)
• Homework
• **NO CLASS NEXT FRIDAY**
• By midnight on Friday, 3/6, include AT LEAST 5 entries in the following files in your Google Drive folder:
• JournalList-YourFullName
• Ideas-YourFullName
• Print/read/bring the following to class for discussion on Friday, 3/20
• Chapter 5
• Packer, “Brownies” (163-178)
• Complete RR#7 by midnight on Wednesday, 3/18
• Prepare for Workshop #5: Angela Milan & Monica Olvera

RR#6: Chapter 4 & “Fiesta, 1980”

Post your reading response to 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 midnight on Wednesdays, no exceptions.

Week 6 Agenda [Tentative]

Friday, February 21st

• Workshop #3: Ashlyn Hettler & Valeria Jaime
• Discussion Leaders: Nathan Philip & Yazmin Sanchez 
• Chapter 8
• Hemingway, “Hills Like White Elephants” (269-272)
• Homework
• Prepare for Workshop #4: Tiffany Joissin & Sandra Martinez
• Print/read/bring the following to class for discussion next Friday.
• Chapter 4
• Díaz, “Fiesta, 1980” (137-146)
• Complete RR#6 by midnight on Wednesday

RR#5: Ch. 8 & "Hills Like White Elephants”

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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 midnight on Wednesdays, no exceptions.

Week 5 Agenda [Tentative]

Friday, February 14th

• Discussion Leaders: Nathan Smith & Airam Sandoval
• Ch. 11
• Cisneros, “Woman Hollering Creek”
• Workshop #2: Areli Garza & David Hermosillo
• Homework
• Prepare for Workshop #3: Ashlyn Hettler & Valeria Jaime
• Print/read/bring the following to class for discussion next Friday.
• Chapter 8
• Hemingway, “Hills Like White Elephants” (269-272)
• Complete RR#5 by midnight on Wednesday

RR#4: Ch. 11 & “Woman Hollering Creek”

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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 midnight on Wednesdays, no exceptions.

Week 4 Agenda [Tentative]

Friday, February 7th

• Discussion Leaders: Ivanna Zamudio Trevino & Aisha Teegarden
• Chapter 10
• Mukherjee, “The Management of Grief”
• Workshop #1: Marc Fuentes & Megan Cavazos
• Homework
• Prepare for Workshop #2: Areli Garza & David Hermosillo
• Print/read/bring the following to class for discussion next Friday.
• Ch. 11
• Cisneros, “Woman Hollering Creek” (53-60)
• Complete RR#4 by midnight on Wednesday

RR#3: Ch. 10 & “The Management of Grief”

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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. This special Reading Response is due by midnight on Wednesdays, no exceptions.

Week 3 Agenda [Tentative]

Friday, January 31st

• Discussion Leader/s: Natasha Zarate
• Ch. 3
• “What is the Objective Correlative?”
• “Understanding the Objective Correlative”
• O’Brien, “The Things They Carried”
• Workshop #0: Dr. Moreira
• Homework
• Prepare for Workshop #1: Megan Cavazos & Marc Fuentes
• Print/read/bring the following to class for discussion next Friday:
• Chapter 10
• Mukherjee, “The Management of Grief” (353-365)
• Complete RR#3 by midnight on Wednesday

RR#2: “What is the Objective Correlative?”; “Understanding the Objective Correlative”; Ch. 3; & “The Things They Carried”

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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. This special Reading Response is due by midnight on Wednesdays, no exceptions.

Week 2 Agenda [Tentative]

Friday, January 24

• Syllabus Questions, RR#1, & Google Drive
• Discussion Leader: Dr. Moreira
• Diaz, "Becoming a Writer"
• Lamott, "Shitty First Drafts"
• Tuch, “The Submitter’s Dilemma”
• Barret, “What Editors Want”
• Laplante, Ch. 13
• Carver, “The Bath” & “A Small, Good Thing” (458-480)
• Intro to New Pages, Journal List, Story Ideas List & New Yorker Fiction Podcasts
• Preparing for Workshop #0
• Homework
• Prepare for Workshop #0: Dr. Moreira
• Start drafting your Journal List and Story Ideas List in your Google Drive folder:
• name your Google Docs like this:
• JournalList-YourFullName
• Ideas-YourFullName
• Print/read/bring the following to class for discussion next Friday:
• “What is the Objective Correlative?” (available under READINGS)
• “Understanding the Objective Correlative” (available under READINGS)
• Ch. 3
• O’Brien, “The Things They Carried” (79-92)
• Complete RR#2 by midnight on Wednesday

RR#1: "Becoming a Writer"; "Shitty First Drafts"; "The Submitter's Dilemma"; "What Editors Want"; Ch. 13; "The Bath"; and "A Small Good Thing"

Post your reading response to 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. This special Reading Response is due by midnight on Wednesdays, no exceptions.