Week 1

Introduction to the Kababayan Program

HOMEWORK:
(1) Carefully read the syllabus.
(2) Turn in your syllabus contract.
(3) Read James M. Constantino's Bautista’s “Another Simple Definition” (HANDOUT)
(4) Write an outline of the article. Please type this assignment.
(5) Complete the student questionnaire.

1. Syllabus quiz
2. ICEBREAKER: "Find the Definition!"
3. Discuss James M. Constantino's Bautista’s “Another Simple Definition”
4. Watch tkgirlie3's "Filipino Pride" and Deep Foundation's "Children of the Sun"
5. Go over the directions for the writing sample.

HOMEWORK:
(1) 2 copies of your writing sample
(2) Bring Growing Up Filipino, your dictionary, and 3 x 5" index cards to class on Monday.

1. Collect Essay #1
2. ICEBREAKER: "Bonding Bingo"
3. Vocabulary Study Cards

1. palimpsest
   
2. foregrounding
   
3. proliferation
   
4. articulating
   
5. flabbergasting
   
6. paradoxical
   
7. archipelago
   
8. multilingual
   
9. anthology
   
10. contingencies
    
11. reconciliation
    
12. self-formation
    
13. multifariousness
    
14. phenomenological
    
15. milieu
    
16. complementary
    
17. constituents
    
18. thematic
    
19. idiosyncrasies
    
20. evanescent
    
21. protagonists
    
22. nuances
    
23. chasm
    
24. mimicry
    
25. paradigms
    
26. bildungsroman

4. GIST

HOMEWORK:
(1) Complete 10 vocabulary cards.
(2) Read the introduction to Growing Up Filipino (pp. ix-xv).
(3) Write an outline of the introduction. Please type this assignment.
(4) Read "Tea and Empathy" by Libay Linsangan Cantor (pp. 8-11)
(5) Formal Freewrite #1: Write about a family member or close friend of the family who was important to you when you were a child. Who was this person and what was his or her relationship with the family? Describe this person and explain his or her significance to your childhood. Use as many details, descriptions and examples as you can --- be as specific as possible! 1-2 pages, typed, double-spaced.

1. GATT
2. Previewing A Book
3. Discuss "Tea and Empathy"
4. Go over reading schedule

HOMEWORK:
(1) Complete 10 vocabulary cards.
(2) Read FAMILY stories in Growing Up Filipino.
(3) Create a GATT sentence and 30-word summary for each story. Please type this assignment.

1. Discussion of FAMILY stories
2. "What I Learned" cards

HOMEWORK:
(1)Study for Vocabulary Quiz #1. Your vocabulary cards will also be due on Monday. NOTE: Incomplete cards will receive no points
(2) Read ANGST stories in Growing Up Filipino.
(3) Create a GATT sentence and 30-word summary for each story. Please type this assignment.
(4) Write down as many questions as you can about everything in each story that interests you or confuses you. Write everything out as a question, even if you want to remark on something you liked. Please type this assignment.

Week 3

1. Vocabulary Quiz #1
2 . Vocabulary for ANGST and FRIENDSHIP stories.

“Manny’s Climb”


"Day of the Butterfly"


“San Prancisco”


"The Purpose of Malls"


“The Eye of a Needle”


“The Slumbering State”

3 . Creating a Questioning Circle for ANGST stories

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read FRIENDSHIP stories in Growing Up Filipino.
(2) Create a GATT sentence and 30-word summary for each story. Please type this assignment.
(3) Create a questioning circle (with answers) for each story. Please type this assignment.

Questioning Circles for FRIENDSHIP stories

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read LOVE & HOME stories in Growing Up Filipino.
(2) Create a GATT sentence and 30-word summary for each story. Please type this assignment.
(3) Create a questioning circle (with answers) for your assigned story. Please type this assignment.

"Her Wild American Self"
1. Christine, Valerie, Jon
2. Robert, Seaera, Drew, M.E.

"The Curfew"
3. Steph, Raymund, Sherry, Eric
4. Lyshell, Kris, Camille

"Sweet Grapes, Sour Grapes"
5. Kenny, Joseph, Queencess
6. Mark, Ron, Francis

"Below the Belt"
7. Vince, Simon, Melissa
8. B.J., Carla, Brendon

"I'll Be Home for Christmas"
9. Keoni, Sam, Ramon
10. Beverly, Rhollen, Chynna, Karisa

1. Questioning Circles for LOVE & HOME stories
2. "What I Learned" cards

HOMEWORK:
Complete the “Organizational Charts” (pp. 180-183 in Course Reader)

Study for Vocabulary Quiz #2. Your vocabulary cards will also be due on Wednesday.
NOTE: Incomplete cards will receive no points

Week 4

HOLIDAY - Labor Day

1. Vocabulary Quiz #2
2. Discuss THEMES
3. Discuss "Organizational Charts"

HOMEWORK:
(1) Formal Freewrite #2:

• Identify the main theme in your stories or discuss what all of your stories have in common.

• What is your own personal definition of this theme? For instance, how would you define what “family” means to you? Or why was “angst” such a significant part of your teenage years?

Be detailed and use specific examples from your own experiences! Please type this assignment.

(2) Read “The Writing Process” (pp. 22-23 in Course Reader)
(3) Read pp. 34-37 about thesis statements

1. Go over Assignment Sheet #2 (pp. 115-116)
2. Thesis statements
3. Topic sentences
4. Writing plans
5. "What I Learned" cards

HOMEWORK:
(1) Bring in 2 copies of your thesis statement/writing plan.
(2) Read about idea drafts (p. 44 in Course Reader).
(3) Read "Reader-Friendly Paragraphs" (p. 80).

Week 5

1. Writing plan workshop
2. Discuss "Reader-Friendly Paragraphs"
3. PIE paragraphs
4. Idea drafts

HOMEWORK:
(1) Bring in 2 copies of your idea draft.
(2) Read about peer response (pp. 46-47 in Course Reader).
(3) Read about the writing process (pp. 22-23, 27-32 in Course Reader). Be prepared for a QUIZ.

1. Quiz on "The Writing Process" and "Introductions and Conclusions"
2. Narrative vs. expository
3. Mini peer review on idea drafts

HOMEWORK:
Bring in three copies of your rough draft for peer review --- TYPED, double-spaced, at least 2 pages long.

1. Subject-verb ID
2. Sentence focus
3. Using quotations
4. Using MLA documentation style

HOMEWORK:
(1) Revise your draft to include at least two direct quotations, use proper MLA parenthetical citations, and create a “Works Cited” page.
(2) Sentence Focus (3) on p. 57 in Course Reader -- please write out each sentence completely.

1. Essay format
2. Proofreading
3. Coordinating conjunctions

HOMEWORK:
(1) Coordination (2) on pp. 63-64 in Course Reader -- please write out each sentence completely.
(2) Essay #2 packet:

1. Correct essay format (refer to pp. 11-14 in Course Reader)
2. All of your peer review drafts
3. All of your peer review sheets
4. 2 copies of your final draft, with your thesis in [brackets]
5. "Works Cited" page
6. Writing Reflection #2

1. Essay #2 packet due
2. Go over Assignment #3 (pp. 184-185)
3. GUEST SPEAKER:  Rod Magbual – “Kuwento:  Filipino/a American Her/History”
4. "What I Learned" cards

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read “Filipinos in the United States before 1965” (pp. 128-137 in Course Reader).
(2) Complete the timeline and vocabulary worksheet (pp. 126-127).

Week 7

GUEST SPEAKER:  Rod Magbual – “Kuwento:  Filipino/a American Her/History”

Sign up for Midterm Presentations


HOMEWORK:
Start working on Vocabulary Cards #3 (due on Wednesday, October 7).

“Filipinos in the United States before 1965”
1. acquisition (14)
2. sojourner (14)
3. capitalist (15)
4. ludicrous (16)
5. ethnological (17)
6. tangible (17)
7. eclipsed (17)
8. niches (19)
9. peppered (20)
10. anti-miscegenation (22)
11. circumvent (22)
12. liberalized (23)
13. relinquishing (23)
14. provincial (24)
15. naturalization (24)
16. tenuous (24)
17. sympathizers (25)
18. simultaneously (26)
19. meager (27)
20. disseminate (29)
21.symbiotic (30)
22. auspices (30)
23. relegation (30)
24. lucrative (31)
25. magnitude (31)

Formal Freewrite #3: List what you think are the 10 most significant events in Filipino American history, identify when these events happened, and briefly explain what these events are and why they are important.

DON'T FORGET! Meet in the library demonstration area on Wednesday, 9/30 at 10:10 am sharp!

Filipino American History Month Group Projects

#1 (1587) - Raymund, Seaera, Drew

#2 (1763) - Keoni, Kris, Karisa, Brendon

#3 (1898) - Robert, Chynna, Simon, Ron

#4 (1903) - Ramon, B.J., Lyshelle, Eric

#5 (1906) - Rhollen, Camille, Kenny

#6 (1920s) - Valerie, M.E., Christine

#7 (1930s) - Beverly, Steph, Joe, Sam

#8 (1942) - Francis, Melissa, Vince, Jon

#9 (1965 and beyond) - Queencess, Mark, Sherry, Carla

Library orientation

YOUR TASK: As a group, create a list of 10 events, people, or locations significant to your assigned time period in Filipino American history.

HOMEWORK:
STEP #1: List of 10 events, people, or locations from your assigned time period.

1. Root Words, Part I
2. Prefixes and suffixes
3 . "What I Learned" cards

HOMEWORK:
(1) Complete the root words worksheet.
(2) Create 10 "nonsense words" on 3 x 5" index cards.

Week 8

1. Root Words, Part II
2. "Nonsense Words"

NOTE: Vocabulary Quiz #3 moved to Friday, 10/9!

HOMEWORK:
(1) STEP #2: Bring in copies of all your research articles and books.
(2) "Nonsense Words": Please type this assignment; turn in one sheet per group.

1. Define your 10 nonsense words.
2. Create a rap, a poem, a short story, or an advertisement that uses all of the words.
3. The written assignment is due on Wednesday:

• Written work only = 10 points
• Written work + performance = +10 points EXTRA CREDIT
• Written work + performance + memorization = +20 points EXTRA CREDIT

1. "Nonsense Words" PRESENTATIONS
2. "How to Cite Your Sources" WORKSHOP

HOMEWORK:
(1) Vocabulary Cards #3.
(2) Study for Vocabulary Quiz #3. Your vocabulary cards will also be due on Friday.
(3) STEP #3: Draft your "Works Cited" page --- typed, double-spaced, in alphabetical order by last name/title, and in correct MLA format.

1. Vocabulary Quiz #3
2. Peer review of your "Works Cited" page
3. Discuss essay organization
4. "What I Learned" cards

HOMEWORK:
Bring in a draft of your thesis statement and writing plan.

Week 9

Writing plan workshop

HOMEWORK:
Bring in 2 copies of your idea draft.

1. Coordinators and subordinators
2. Mini peer review on idea drafts

HOMEWORK:
(1) Subordination (3) on pp. 69-70 in Course Reader.
(2) Root Words QUIZ
(3) STEP #4: 3 copies of your essay for peer review

1. PEER REVIEW
2. Root Words QUIZ
3. "What I Learned" cards

HOMEWORK:
Prepare for Filipino American History Month Group Projects.

Week 10

Filipino American History Month Group Projects, Part I.
Assignment #3 packet due

HOMEWORK:
Prepare for Filipino American History Month Group Projects.

Midterm Reflection:  (Groups 1, 2, and 3 only) Typed, double-spaced, 1-2 pages.

• Describe your role in the group project.  What tasks were you assigned?  Were you able to complete them satisfactorily?  Why or why not?
• Overall, what went well for your group? What were the easiest parts of this group presentation?
• What were the most challenging aspects of working in a group or what could have been improved?
• What will you change the next time you are assigned to do a group presentation?

Filipino American History Month Group Projects, Part II.
Assignment #3 packet due

HOMEWORK:
(1) Prepare for Filipino American History Month Group Projects.
(2) Root Word QUIZ make-up on Friday, 10/31 after class.

Midterm Reflection:  (Groups 4, 5, and 6 only) Typed, double-spaced, 1-2 pages.

1. Filipino American History Month Group Projects, Part III.
Assignment #3 packet due
2 . "What I Learned" cards

HOMEWORK:
Study for Midterm Exam

Midterm Reflection:  (Groups 7, 8, and 9 only) Typed, double-spaced, 1-2 pages.

Week 11

Midterm Exam

Context Clues

HOMEWORK:
(1) "Using Context Clues" (pp. 97-98 in Course Reader)
(2) Bring in your copy of Peter Bacho's Cebu.

1. More Context Clues
2. Pre-reading for Cebu
3. Assign pre-reading research groups
4. Informational handout

HOMEWORK:
1. "More Context Clues" (p. 100-101 in Course Reader)
2. Complete your informational handouts. Please bring 35 copies to class on Friday.
NOTE: If you e-mail the handout to me by 6 pm tomorrow (Thursday, 10/29), I will make the photocopies for you.

1. Informational handout presentations
2. Go over reading schedule

3. Vocabulary Logs
4. Reading Journals

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read the Prologue - Ch. 2 of Cebu (pp. 3-43)
(2) Vocabulary Logs #1 and 2
(3) Reading Journal #1 and 2

*** DON'T FALL BEHIND ON YOUR HOMEWORK! ***

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Late homework assignments for Cebu will only be accepted one class period after the original due date. (For example, homework that was due on Monday will only be accepted until Wednesday -- no later.)

Week 12 

1. Summarize and discuss Prologue - Ch. 2

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read the Ch. 3-4 of Cebu (pp. 43-58)
(2) Vocabulary Logs #3 and 4
(3) Reading Journal #3 and 4

1. Summarize and discuss Ch 3-4
2. Character study

HOMEWORK:
(1) Context Clues QUIZ #1
(2) Read. Ch. 5-6 of Cebu (pp. 61-82)
(3) Vocabulary Logs #5 and 6.
(4) Reading Journals #5 and 6.

1. Summarize and discuss Ch. 5-6
2. What I Learned" cards

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read Ch. 7 of Cebu (pp. 85-133).
(2) Vocabulary Log #7.
(3) Reading Journal #7.

Week 13

1. Context Clues QUIZ #1
2. Timeline for Cebu (Ch. 1-6)
3. Summarize and discuss Ch. 7
4. Go over Assignment Sheet #4 (pp. 139-140)

HOMEWORK:

For Monday,

(1) Read Ch. 8 of Cebu (pp. 137-178).
(2) Vocabulary Log #8.
(3) Reading Journal #8.

NO CLASSES - Faculty Flex Day

HOLIDAY - Veterans' Day

Week 14

Summarize and discuss Ch. 8

HOMEWORK:
(1) Read Ch. 9 of Cebu (pp. 179-205)
(2) Vocabulary Log #9
(3) Reading Journal #9

1. Summarize and discuss Ch. 9
2. Brainstorm ideas for Essay #4
3. Thesis statement/writing plan

HOMEWORK:
(1) Bring 2 copies of your writing plan for your essay on Cebu. Remember to include a clear thesis statement, tentative topic sentences, and evidence from the text to support your arguments.
(2) Context Clues QUIZ #2

1. Writing plan workshop
2. Context Clues QUIZ #2


HOMEWORK:
Bring in 2 copies of your idea draft.

Week 15

Mini peer review on idea drafts

HOMEWORK:
(1) Bring in three copies of your rough draft for peer review --- TYPED, double-spaced, at least 2 pages long.
(2) Context Clues QUIZ #3

1. PEER REVIEW
2. Context Clues QUIZ #3

HOMEWORK:
Revise your rough draft and bring in a copy on Monday.

HOLIDAY - Thanksgiving Break

1. Using Quotations REVIEW
2. “Quoting for Literary Analysis: Peter Bacho’s Cebu” (pp. 144-145).

HOMEWORK:
Revise your 2nd rough draft and bring in a copy. Make sure that you are using quotations correctly!

1. Essay coherence
2. Concessives
3. Using subordinators (workshop)
4. "Proofreading Your Work"

HOMEWORK:
Essay #4 packet:

1. Correct essay format (refer to pp. 11-14 in Course Reader)
2. All of your peer review drafts
3. All of your peer review sheets
4. 2 copies of your final draft, with your thesis in [brackets]
5. Writing Reflection #4

1. Essay #4 packet due
2. Writing process inductive
3. Discuss Final Exam

HOMEWORK:
(1) Complete the "Outcome Sentences" (p. 111) on a separate sheet to hand in. Please type this assignment.
(2) Bring in 2 copies of your writing plan.

1. Discuss "Outcome Sentences"
2. Mini peer review on writing plans

HOMEWORK:
Revise your writing plan.

"How to Take Timed Writing Exams" WORKSHOP

HOMEWORK:
On Friday, bring in:

• A large blue book
• A typed copy of your writing plan
• “What I Learned” cards.

English 846 AK Reflection (In-Class Writing)

HOMEWORK:
Revisions for Essay #4 (Cebu) due on Friday, 12/18

Final Exam
8:10 - 10:40 am

Revisions for Essay #4 (Cebu) due