Week 1

1. In-Class Writing Sample
2. Syllabus

HOMEWORK:
(1) 2 copies of your writing sample.
(2) Turn in syllabus contract.
(3) Complete the “Student Questionnaire.”
(4) Read Peter Bacho’s “The Tragic Sense of Filipino History” and Allen Gaborro’s “Why Philippine History” (HANDOUTS)

Essay #1 due.

“Themes in Filipino American Literature”


HOMEWORK:
(1) Read “Reading Fiction” (HANDOUT).
(2) Read and annotate Carlos Bulosan’s “The Romance of Magno Rubio” (HANDOUT)
(3) Formal Freewrite #1: In a 1-2 page, typed, double-spaced paper, answer all of the questions on “Reading Fiction” and identify what you think is the most significant theme in the short story.  Be sure to discuss how the plot, characters, setting, point of view,  symbols/patterns demonstrate this theme.

1. Analysis of “The Romance of Magno Rubio”
2. Literary Analysis

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read pp. 11-54 of Brian Roley’s American Son.
(2) Journal Entry #1 (p. 94 in Course Reader)
(3) Write down as many questions (at least 5) as you can about everything you’ve read so far that interests you or confuses you. Write everything out as a question, even if you want to remark on something you liked. Attach your questions to Journal Entry #1. Please type this assignment.

Questioning Circles

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read pp. 57- 105 of Brian Roley’s American Son.
(2) Journal Entry #2 : Create a questioning circle (with answers). Please type this assignment.

Week 3

Questioning Circles

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read pp. 106-160 of Brian Roley’s American Son.
(2) Journal Entry #3 : “The Question Paper” (pp. 95-96 in Course Reader)

Themes

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read pp. 160-216 (ending) of Brian Roley’s American Son.
(2) Journal Entry #4: Identify one main theme in American Son. Discuss how the plot, characters, setting, point of view, symbols/patterns demonstrate this theme. 

Week 4

1. Writing About Literature
2. Thesis Statements

Assignment Sheet #2: American Son by Brian Ascalon Roley

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read pp. 24 – 28, 56 – 59 in Course Reader.
(2) Bring in a draft of your thesis statement and writing plan,

1. Essay Organization
2. MLA Format
3. Thesis Workshop

HOMEWORK:
(1) Bring in three copies of your rough draft for peer review (typed, at least 2 pages)
(2) Read the peer review guidelines (pp. 60-61 in Course Reader)

Week 5

PEER REVIEW
Sign up for Expert Group Presentations (pp. 110-111 in Course Reader)

HOMEWORK:
Bring in one copy of your revised rough draft.

1. Sentence Focus
2. Coordinators & Subordinators
3. Essay Coherence

HOMEWORK:
Essay #2 packet
(1) All of your rough drafts.
(2) Both of your peer review sheets.
(3) 2 copies of your final draft, with your thesis in [brackets].
(4) Process questionnaire (p. 63 in Course Reader)

READING: Read "A Letter to Claire Danes from a Fan in Manila" in R. Zamora Linmark's Prime Time Apparitions (pp. 15-16)

Essay #2 packet due.

"Poetry Analysis" (PowerPoint notes)

HOMEWORK:
(1) Begin work on Expert Group Presentations.
(2) Read your assigned poem in the first section:  “A Letter to Claire Danes,” “Screening Desire,” or “If I A Gay.”
(3) Journal Entry #5:  Explain the plot, subject(s), and theme(s) of your assigned poem, then write your response to it.

Continue Poetry Analysis lecture

HOMEWORK:
(1) Work on Expert Group Presentations.
(2) Read your assigned poem in the first section, "Screening Desire" in R. Zamora Linmark's Prime Time Apparitions (pp. 15-38) :

• "The Superstar Talks to Her Award-Winning Role, Flor Contempacion"
• "Says the Kiwi Bird"
• "On Days That Break Us"

(3) Journal Entry #6: Do a close reading and identify all 10 parts of the poem.  Summarize the poem, then write your response to it. 

GUEST SPEAKER: R. Zamora Linmark
Yerba Buena Center
Room for Big Ideas
San Francisco, CA

3 pm, FREE

Week 7

Expert Group Presentations #1

"Screening Desire"

HOMEWORK:
(1) Work on Expert Group Presentations.
(2) Read the following poems in the second section, "Slippery When English," in R. Zamora Linmark's Prime Time Apparitions (pp. 39-58):

• "Slippery When English"
• "Why Cicadas Have More Fun"
• "Caliban's Epilogue"
• "First Lessons"

(3) Journal Entry #7: Do a close reading and identify all 10 parts of the poem.  Summarize the poem, then write your response to it.  DO A SEPARATE READING & RESPONSE FOR EACH POEM.

NO CLASS MEETING.

Week 8

Expert Group Presentations #2

"Slippery When English"

HOMEWORK:
(1) Work on Expert Group Presentations.
(2) Read your assigned poem in the third section: from "Itinerary" in R. Zamora Linmark's Prime Time Apparitions (pp. 59-85):

• "A Portrait of the Poet, Smallkid Time"
• "Valentine's Day"
• "A Letter to Urbana in America from Her Seventy-Year-Old Sister Felisa"

(3) Journal Entry #8: Do a close reading and identify all 10 parts of the poem.  Summarize the poem, then write your response to it.

Expert Group Presentations #3

"Itinerary"

HOMEWORK:
(1) Bring in three copies of your rough draft for peer review (typed, at least 2 pages)
(2) Formal Freewrite #2: Write down your reactions to The Romance of Magno Rubio. Use as many details, descriptions and examples as you can --- be as specific as possible! 1-2 pages, typed, double-spaced.

The Romance of Magno Rubio
Main Theater, 8 pm, $10

Week 9

PEER REVIEW

HOMEWORK:
Bring in one copy of your revised rough draft.

Workshop on Essay #3

"Poetry Analysis (Part 2)" (PowerPoint notes)

Some Helpful Links on How to Quote Poetry:

Quotation Marks with Fiction, Poetry, and Titles
Quoting Poetry within a Paper Using MLA Documentation


Essay #3 packet due on T 10/28:
(1) All of your rough drafts.
(2) Both of your peer review sheets.
(3) 2 copies of your final draft, with your thesis in [brackets].
(4) Process questionnaire (p. 63 in Course Reader)

HOMEWORK:
1. Read Marianne Villanueva ’s Mayor of the Roses: “Mayor of the Roses” (pp. 1-11) and “Black Dog” (pp. 127-132).
2. Complete a “Short Story Analysis” (HANDOUT) for each story.  Please type this assignment.

Week 10

Discuss "Mayor of the Roses" (pp. 1-11) and "Black Dog" (pp. 127-132).

HOMEWORK:
(1) Work on Expert Group Presentations.
(2) Read "Rufino" (pp. 13-23), "Oaks" (pp. 25-31), and "Sutil" (pp. 47-55)
(3) Journal Entry #9

Expert Group Presentations #4

• "Rufino"
• "Oaks"
• "Sutil"
  

HOMEWORK:
(1) Work on Expert Group Presentations.
(2) Read "Selena, (pp. 57-69) " "Lenox Hill, December 1991," (pp. 93-107), and "Infected," (pp. 109-122)
(3) Journal Entry #10

Week 11 

Essay #3 packet due.

Expert Group Presentations #5

• "Selena"
• "Lenox Hill, December 1991"
• "Infected"
  

HOMEWORK:
(1) Work on Expert Group Presentations.
(2) Read "Visits" (pp. 133-138), "Bad Thing" (pp. 155-165), and "Silence" (pp. 167-172)
(3) Journal Entry #11

Expert Group Presentations #6

• "Visits"
  
• "Bad Thing"
• "Silence"
  

HOMEWORK:
Bring in a draft of your thesis statement and writing plan.

Week 12

Workshop on Essay #4

HOMEWORK:
Bring in a draft of your thesis statement and writing plan.

Workshop on Essay #4

HOMEWORK:
Bring in three copies of your rough draft for peer review (typed, at least 2 pages)

Week 13

PEER REVIEW

HOMEWORK:
(1) Visit http://www.mevelinagalang.com/ and read through the site.
(2) Read Ch. 1-3 in M. Evelina Galang's One Tribe (pp. 5-52)
(3) Journal Entry #12 (Discussion Questions - HANDOUT)

Discuss Ch. 1-3 in M. Evelina Galang's One Tribe

Some Helpful Links:

Tribes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribe

Philippine Creation Stories
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathala
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwata

Philippine Folk Tales by Mabel Cook Cole
NOTE: You can download the entire book! (PDF, 20.6 M)

Merfolk in Philippine Mythology
http://www.librarylink.org.ph/featarticle.asp?articleid=102
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyesebel

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read Ch. 4-7 in M. Evelina Galang's One Tribe (pp. 53-103)
(2) Journal Entry #13

Essay #4 packet
(1) All of your rough drafts.
(2) Both of your peer review sheets.
(3) 2 copies of your final draft, with your thesis in [brackets].
(4) Process questionnaire (p. 63 in Course Reader)

Week 14

Essay #4 packet due.

Expert Group Presentations #7

Discuss Ch. 4-7 in M. Evelina Galang's One Tribe

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read Ch. 8-11 in M. Evelina Galang's One Tribe (pp. 105-160)
(2) Journal Entry #14

Expert Group Presentations #8

Discuss Ch. 8-11 in M. Evelina Galang's One Tribe

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read Ch. 12-15 in M. Evelina Galang's One Tribe (pp. 161-214)
(2) Journal Entry #15

HOLIDAY - Thanksgiving

Expert Group Presentations #10

Discuss Ch. 16-19 in M. Evelina Galang's One Tribe

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read Ch. 20-24 in M. Evelina Galang's One Tribe (pp. 267-321)
(2) Journal Entry #17
(3) Bring in a draft of your thesis statement.

Discuss Ch. 20-24 in M. Evelina Galang's One Tribe

Workshop on Essay #4

HOMEWORK:
Bring in three copies of your rough draft for peer review (typed, at least 2 pages)

PEER REVIEW

HOMEWORK:
Bring in one copy of your revised rough draft.

Lab folders due in class.
In-class work on Essay #5 and/or Final Projects.

HOMEWORK:
Essay #5 packet due on Monday, 12/15
(1) All of your rough drafts.
(2) Both of your peer review sheets.
(3) 2 copies of your final draft, with your thesis in [brackets].
(4) Process questionnaire (p. 63 in Course Reader)

Final Presentations