Homework for 11/30

Read Chapter One of What is the What, pages 9-19.

Sign up for the ning. Go to http://englishbaione-doda.ning.com/. Join the group Humanity and Empathy. Post a comment - post a quote from Chapter One. Be sure to include the page number of your quote in MLA format. See my comment for an example of how to do this.

Krik? Krak! Final Project

Krik? Krak! Final Assignment

In your family, there are mothers, sisters, aunts, and so on. Write the biography of a woman in your family. Ask a woman in your family to tell you a story, write what you have heard from other family members about this woman, or write the story of an experience you had with this woman but from an outside point of view. All stories must be:
· Written in third person
· Promote empathy in the reader
· Typed in MLA format
· Be at least two pages in length
· Be submitted no later than Friday, December 4, 2009

On Reading Krik? Krak!

What did you think of the stories in the book Krik? Krak!?
Did you like/dislike the stories?
Did you like/dislike one story in particular?
What did you like/dislike?
Did you like/dislike the style in which the stories were written?

Why?
Be specific. You must make specific references and JUSTIFY your response.

Homework 11/23

Read and take notes on the story "Seeing Things Simply" starting on page 123 of Krik?Krak!

Homework for 11/20

Read and take notes on "1937"

Homework 11/19

Read and take notes on "New York Day Women"

"Night Women"

Read "Night Women" p.81 in Krik?Krak!

Take notes using the same method we used for "Children of the Sea."