- Complete today’s feedback for Dagianny Cuello; (don’t worry about Danicel Delossantos—we’ll get to his draft later).
- Read Renee Gladman’s “Calamities” (excerpts) in Packet 1 (p. 49). Notice the way she uses repetition. Look up a photo and bio of Renee Gladman. Come to class prepared to discuss what you think Gladman is trying to do when she suggests, with a wink, that people think of her as an “Eastern-European African-American.” Also bring in 1 sentence and 5 vocabulary words.
Feedback for Brandon
Feedback for Kazi Hasan
Feedback for Karla Caba
Feedback for Iverson Figueroa
HW for Tue (9/24)
Feedback for Kazi Hasan
Feedback for Kymanie Hamilton
Feedback for Maribel Garcia
HW for Thu 9/19
Feedback for Nicholas
Feedback for ChanChan
Feedback for Jerry
Feedback for Roy
HW for Tue (9/17)
Feedback for Symone
Feedback for Ishrat
HW for Thu (9/12): Post Responses Here
Feedback for Emily
Feedback for Raihan
HW for Tue 9/10 (no class Thu)
Read James Baldwin, “The Discovery of What it Means to Be an American” (pp. 7-10 in Language packet). Come in prepared to discuss your thoughts on the form/style/craft of one sentence as well as 5 helpful vocabulary words. Â
Write a response to the below prompt (on your personal history of your relation to language):
Etel Adnan, “To Write in a Foreign Language”
Re-read excerpts: p. 1—”I was born in Beirut…”—through p. 3—”…French as a commercial language
Discussion Qs
–What “educational experiences’ do we notice?
–How is the influence of colonization on language registered in this essay?
–To what extent and in what ways might we think of English a “colonial” language?
–What do we make of Adnan’s interest in “copying” the language of other Arabic writers? Is “copying” a viable way to learn? Why/not? In what ways?
Writing Prompt / Freewrite
Begin making an outline (a list) of a 5-10-step history of your own relation to language(s). Make a list of the experiences whereby your relationship to language—English and/or others—has evolved in some way.