Week 16

Simple graphic of bearded man in turban
https://www.needpix.com/photo/1107075/indian-sikh-turban-old-sitting-free-vector-graphics-free-pictures-free-photos-free-images
Public Domain

Activity 1

Click this link to access an interactive reading of “Montreal 1962” by Shauna Singh Baldwin on the Commonlit website.

If you are unfamiliar with the Sikh religion, you might want to read this Encyclopedia Brittanica page so you can better understand the above story.

Yellow-hued portrait of veiled Indian woman
https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1460
CC0 Public Domain

Activity 2

Click this link to access the poem “Amphibians” by Joseph O. Legaspi on the Commonlit website.

 

Activity 3

Click this link to access an excerpt from the memoir “Names, Nombres” by Julia Alvarez on the Commonlit website.

You might also want to refer back to the “My Name” vignette in The House on Mango Street (page 10).

 

Close-up of single red zinnia on yellow and orange background
https://www.pxfuel.com/en/free-photo-jpfix
CC0

Activity 4

Click this link to access the Week 16 Discussion Board.

Activity 5

As the semester comes to an end, please post a final word to your fellow students!