Slides for Day 9 in EWRT 211

1. LEAD EWRT 211
Day 9
Chapter 5, Prepping for the In-class Essay,
Dealing with Quotations, Global Issues Conference

2. Agenda
 Quiz
 Madonnas, Ch 5
 Prepping for In-class Essay #1
 How to cite quotations.
 Global Issues Conference
(upcoming)

3. Quiz
 1. Define “cultural appropriation.”
 2. Give an example of cultural appropriation.
 3. In Madonnas Ch. 5, we learn who shot the Baby Madonna? Who was it?

4. Madonnas, Chapter 5

5. Prepping your outline for In-Class Essay #1
 Your outline can only contain:
 a definition of assimilation (in your
own words) that is relevant to
what assimilation means in the
context of living in a new culture.
 Your main idea (maximum of three
sentences).
 Up to three quotations from
sources that you intend to use in
your body paragraphs (don’t forget
to include page numbers and MLA-
style citations). (Make sure you
know who is saying each quote and
in what context.)
 What is your main idea?
 It’s your responses to the prompt
questions that I ask in the
assignment.
 “Why can it be so difficult for
immigrants (or children of
immigrants) to assimilate to their
new home? What is an obstacle or
difficulty that can prevent people
from assimilating? How? And how
can they overcome that
obstacle?”
 How do you turn your outline into
an essay?

6. When you quote, you need to provide
information about that quote to your reader.
 You include this information in parentheses after the quote:
 “We used to own these streets” (Skyhorse 89).
 Note several things:
 The citation uses the author’s last name.
 It includes the page number.
 The punctuation for the entire sentence doesn’t happen until AFTER the
parentheses.

7. Do you always include the page number?
Only if it exists!
 A book or other print source:
“We used to own these streets”
(Skyhorse 89).
 An online source:
“Refugees are the zombies of the
world” (Nguyen).
 Why no page number here? The
article was an online article and
didn’t have pages.
 Even if you read it in the Course
Reader, you still don’t include a
page number.

8. But what else do you need to do with a
quote, besides cite it?
 What feels confusing about the following paragraph?
Sometimes a member of an oppressed racial group can be willing to
discriminate against other members of their own group. “They’re not
Americans. They’re illegals, and the benefits to law-abiding Americans like
me outweigh whatever inconveniences these people face breaking our laws.”
This demonstrates it.

9. Why is this better? What does it do?
 Sometimes a member of an oppressed racial group can be willing to
discriminate against other members of their own group. In The Madonnas of
Echo Park, Efren is a Mexican American who looks down on Mexican
immigrants. According to Efren, “They’re not Americans. They’re illegals, and
the benefits to law-abiding Americans like me outweigh whatever
inconveniences these people face breaking our laws” (Skyhorse 72). This
shows how someone like Efren can see himself differently than other people
who share his heritage or a similar background. Efren doesn’t consider these
Mexicans to be similar to him and he’s willing for these people to be treated
differently.

10. Why is this better? What does it do?
 Sometimes a member of an oppressed racial group can be willing to discriminate
against other members of their own group. In The Madonnas of Echo Park, Efren is
a Mexican American who looks down on Mexican immigrants. According to Efren,
“They’re not Americans. They’re illegals, and the benefits to law-abiding
Americans like me outweigh whatever inconveniences these people face breaking
our laws” (Skyhorse 72). This shows how someone like Efren can see himself
differently than other people who share his heritage or a similar background.
Efren doesn’t consider these Mexicans to be similar to him and he’s willing for
these people to be treated differently.
 It says where the quote is from (the book).
 It tells the reader who is saying the quote (Efren).
 It tells the reader something about the person who is speaking (background on
Efren).
 It includes the citation with the author’s name and page number.
 You need to do something similar to this with all your quotations.

11. LEAD Global Issues Conference
 Wednesday, February 28,
10 AM-3:30 PM in the Campus
Center.
 You are required to attend for one
full hour during this period. You
will write a response that confirms
your participation. (I will also be
there and will be looking for you.)
 You and your familias will also be
preparing projects.
 Our theme: “A Community of
Migrants”
 Excerpts from some of your
migration stories.
 Video recordings.
 With a visual aid.

12. Global Issues Projects
 Our theme: “A Community of
Migrants”
 Excerpts from some of your
migration stories.
 Video recordings.
 With a visual aid (poster, tri-fold).
 Two “superfamilias”
 Superfamilia 1:
Mina, Demisiie, Thin Su, Carlos,
Tin, Sergio, Angel, Jason, Rishika,
Yun, Dylan
 Superfamilia 2: Julie, Sho, Frank,
Jade, Josh, Tom, Melvin, Gibran,
Cristal, Owen, Storm, Hai
 Decisions to make today:
 1. Who will share their stories?
(Need at least 4 per superfamilia.)
 2. Who has skills to do video
recording and editing?
 3. Who will create a visual aid
(poster, map, trifold, etc.)?
 Everyone must contribute in some
way. It is an assignment that is
required to pass the class.

13. HW for Wednesday
 Review the In-Class Essay #1
Assignment.
 Prepare your outline and bring it to
class.
 Bring a blue book (available at the
De Anza Bookstore).