CRITICAL READING Faculty-Written Texts What, Why, and How? Kathleen has been teaching at Skyline since 1995 FICTION: Excerpt from Samba Dreamers by Kathleen.

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CRITICAL READING Faculty-Written Texts What, Why, and How? Kathleen has been teaching at Skyline since 1995 FICTION: Excerpt from Samba Dreamers by Kathleen de Azevedo 1 1

Kathleen was born in Rio de Janeiro Brazil but lived most of her life in the United States. In her spare time she writes and rewrites. Her novel, Samba Dreamers of which this selection is excerpted, began as a poem, then as a story, then, went through five major drafts and many minor ones. The book won the 2007 Pen Oakland Josephine Miles Award, given to books that address human rights themes. It also won a Latino Books into Movies Award. Kathleen has published articles in magazines and newspapers and online, but she says her secret comes down to this – “I rewrite until the piece is as close to perfect as I can make it. So of course, when I tell students they must revise their essays, I’m treating them like writers all around the world!” Kathleen started teaching at Skyline College in (1) What do you know about the L.A. gang scene? Has it changed over the years? (2) Why do people feel compelled to break the law, even putting themselves in danger?

(1) What do we know about the main character Rosea? From the information in the opening paragraph, what could have happened previously that caused Rosea to seek out a gun? (2) How do the past and the present work together and/or collide in this story? (3) What is Geezer’s family like? Does the final line of this story seem accurate? (1) Rosea appears to have tried on the lifestyle of the barrio for a time. What would be alluring about this for a girl from Hollywood Hills? How does class play a role? Had she been a true part of this world? What can we learn from examining her attitudes and observations upon her return there? (2) How do we see undercurrents of violence threaded throughout the story? How does it shape the setting, the action and the characters? What is the effect or outcome for the reader?

that concludes CRITICAL READING Faculty-Written Texts Excerpt from Samba Dreamers by Kathleen de Azevedo 1 1