Week 06

Bright abstract painting of three girls’ faces, two with only one eye
https://www.pikrepo.com/fekox/red-and-blue-portrait-abstract-painting
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Activity 1

Read The House on Mango Street from page 58 (“Born Bad”) to end of book page 109.

Activity 2

This short reading guide might help focus your ideas about the vignettes in this section.

 

 

Painting of red and blue house on vivid yellow background
https://alibi.com/events/224538/The-House-on-Mango-Street.html
National Hispanic Cultural Center
Artwork by David Rivera

 

Close-up of single red zinnia on yellow and orange background
https://www.pikrepo.com/fvteg/red-zinnia-flower-close-up-photo
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Activity 3

Click this link to access the Week 6 discussion board.
Remember that Thursday, July 2 is the last day of class.

Activity 4

Final Quiz: This is a 25-question multiple-choice quiz, which includes identification of literary devices, selection of good thesis statements, and questions about the readings mostly from Weeks 4 through 6. Quiz will be available from 9:00 a.m. Sunday, June 28 through 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 1. Test must be completed in one sitting (Do not leave test and attempt to return to it). Students have 90 minutes in which to complete the quiz. Once it closes, the quiz will become unavailable and will no longer be visible to students.

To access the quiz, navigate to your Blackboard course. Click on Links to Quizzes. Then click on Quiz 4.