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= Monday, April 22 = = Preparation: Don't forget to read the texts given in class = = In Class Activities: We will discuss "Borderlands" by Gloria Anzaldua = = Homework to Do Tonight: Read "Endangered Species"by Pat Mora =

= Wednesday, April 24 =

Homework to Do Tonight: Start working on Webquest 4 and read Hinojosa
**Web Quest #4 La Frontera/Borderlands by Gloria Anzaldua** In this webquest you are asked to use the text I've given you by Gloria Anzaldua to examine the issues she raises in her writing. Use the text to answer the following

1. Find example elements in this work that represent the following and explain why they are used (what purpose or function do they perform in the text)


 * historical facts
 * historical/personal memory
 * poetry by Gloria Anzalua
 * poetry quoted by other people
 * songs in Spanish

2. The subject of this text is borders/boundaries/frontiers/ and their crossing. Can you find examples of crossing in this text:


 * social or cultural boundaries
 * sexual boundaries
 * political boundaries
 * class boundaries

Give a quotation for each one.

3. Anzaldua makes an argument about being Chicana: can you summarize it in less than 500 words?

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= Due Next Week =