1. Please take out your American Voices Packet

2.  List on scratch paper all of the stereotypes you have heard or seen about Native Americas, or First Nation  Reflect on the stereotypes the authors revealed in “Neon Scars”, “Mexico’s Children”, “In the Kitchen” and “Growing Up Asian…”

3.  How do Hollywood & other media-generated stereotypical portrayals of certain people affect your self-concept? (Any stereotype that is relevant for you. Could be: male, female, teen, Latino, African American, Asian, athlete, religious, etc.)  Think of a Hollywood image that you once “bought in” to; how did this affect your self- image, identity, appearance, etc.?

4.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UArL0r4 vSc  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hJFi7SRH 7Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hJFi7SRH 7Q

5.  How did portrayals of American Indians contrast with portrayals of whites?  How did the stereotypes that Alexie saw in the films affect his self-worth? How did they affect his feelings toward his people and heritage? "His American-ness"?  Why did the author hate Tonto? (He wrote about his childhood days of pretending, “But I never, not once, imagined myself to be Tonto.”)

6.  1. Content ◦ What is the: Action, Speaker, Setting  2. Form/Style ◦ What is/are the: look (stanzas, paragraphs, enjambments), literary devices, tone, syntax, symbols, archetypes, etc.  3. Meaning ◦ How does content and style contribute to (or enrich) the meaning? ◦ TASK: Discuss how content+form=meaning

7.  In what ways does this piece continue the story begun in Gates’ “In the Kitchen”?  In what ways is the style different than other literature we’ve read?  How is the “voice” of this piece different?

8.  Read “The America I Love” page 83-84  Be aware of author bias  Be aware of what you agree or disagree with  Complete evidence/quote hunt for author’s specific views. Include complete quote and page #.

9.  Review Portfolio #5- the Argumentative Essay  Begin Portfolio #5 ◦ More instruction on this later but you definitely should begin drafting. ◦ Work on and finish Portfolio #3

10. Why would an author or poet or speaker use sarcasm? How can we identify literary sarcasm?