11.4.13+and+11.5.13

Discuss: "Being Mean" by Gary Soto --Identity formation --Stereotypes --People/place

Imagery study from "Being Mean"--discussion of the following examples of imagery and its effect on the reader

1) “a concrete tower rose above the scraggly sycamores that lined Braly Street”(1) 2) “yelling wildly when we hit the ground because we imagined that there was a school of sharks ready to snack on our skinny legs”(2) 3) “The bottle hit him in the thigh and, to my surprise, showered open with blood. Screaming, his mouth open wide enough to saucer a hat inside…”(2) 4) “he swung his stick and my nose exploded blood for several feet”(3) 5) “Furious as a bee”(3) 6) “A small flame lit my brain”(3) 7) “crazed laughter like the mad scientist of the movies we would all see”(5) 8) “an ash-darkened living room, a puddle kitchen, and tomato-stained walls”(6)


 * Notes: Chicano/Chicano Movement (copy, or print off, and put them in your journal) **

A Chicano is an individual of Mexican parentage or ancestry who lives in the United States. Chicano is often used synonymously with Mexican-American, although many Chicanos presently make an ideological distinction between the two terms.

The Mexicans immigrating to the U.S. in the early part of this century were largely refugees from the turmoil of the Mexican Revolution (1910)

War=chaos for many years which lead to disruption in education, job training,

Consequently, many immigrants to the U.S. during this time were for the most part uneducated and unskilled. This+learning a new language= many Chicanos only allowed access to menial, unskilled types of jobs, usually in agriculture.

Stereotypes emerged where Chicanos=people who were poor, unskilled, uneducated, ignorant, and backward.

Poor conditions leading to more Chicanos on welfare (stereotypes: lazy, poor, milking system)

Labor strikes led by Cesar Chavez for civil rights (fair labor laws, pay, conditions, etc.) furthered stereotypes (troublemakers, violent)

1960s—El Movimiento 1) Honor/have pride in heritage and culture 2) Work for betterment/welfare of community (celebrate future potential) 3) Fight for continued civil rights and equal opportunity

Sinmadera, Telodigo. "The Chicano Movement." //History of California: The Multicultural State//. Business and Social Science Foothill College, 2005. Web. 4 Nov. 2013. . .htm

**Read: "To live in the Borderlands means you"**

**HW: Complete the first page (listing portion) of the following document for Wed./Thurs. AND bring an SSR book to read in class**