Assignments for Week of October 27 - 31

Mon, Oct 27            LIT          5 citations with annotations for Harlem Renaissance Project

                                RCG         Read Aldo Urquiza's piece on his immigration experience.

                                                 Read pages 120-122 (Race Book). Complete exercise on page 122.


Tues, Oct 28            RCG         Read "Georgia Gives Police Added Power to Seek Out
                                                  Illegal Immigrants" and "The Law of Unintended
                                                  Consequences: Georgia's Immigration Law Backfires" in
                                                  the Race Reader.  Answer these questions:

                                                          1. Why is Georgia’s immigration law controversial?

                                                                                           2.  On what basis has it been challenged legally?

                                                                                           3.  How has the law affected immigration?

                                                                                           4. How has the law affected immigrants?

                                                                                           5. What are some of the unintended consequences?

                                                  Watch the slide show at the bottom of the page at
                                                   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/13/the-daily-
                                                   show-aasif-mandvi_n_4094427.html about state
                                                   immigration laws.

                                                  Review the chart "U.S. Immigration by Region and
                                                  Decade" at http://www.jaha.org/edu/discovery_center
                                                  /push-pull/chart_w_events.html


 Wed, Oct 29          LIT             Read "Incident," " Yet I Do Marvel," and "From the Dark Tower" by
                                                  Countee Cullen (sent via email) twice.
                                                  Bring in three points and identify three poetic devices (metaphor,
                                                  simile, allusion, personification, hyperbole, alliteration).


Thurs, Oct 30          LIT             Harlem Renaissance Presentations


Fri, Oct 31               LIT             Read "Sweat" by Zora Neale Hurston.
                                                    Bring in three points to discuss in class.
                                                    Be prepared for a 5 question quiz.
                                                    Here is the link to the story.
                                                    http://lists.wsu.edu/pipermail/english/attachments/20130206
                                                    /4fdc96a6/HurstonSweat.pdf