Storytelling & The Power of Your Narrative

Assignment One: The Story of Colors/ La Historia de los Colores

Watch this video with a brother, sister, cousin, parent or anyone in your home.  Make sure it is someone who lives in your home because I do not want you to leave your house during these dangerous times. 

TO GET CREDIT...
1. Subscribe to La Trenza Channel on YouTube which is where the video is, Take a Picture and Upload to GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
2. Take a picture or video of you and your family members watching the video and discussing the book. Post on GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
3. Write on the following prompt: Why do you think someone would want this book to be banned?  Go online and do some research; I give links and ideas on the comments of the Youtube video. Your response should be one-page.

Assignment Two: Going Down Home With Daddy
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Watch this video with a brother, sister, cousin, parent or anyone in your home.  Make sure it is someone who lives in your home because I do not want you to leave your house during these dangerous times. 

TO GET CREDIT...
1. Take a picture or video of you and your family members watching the video and discussing the book Going Down Home With Daddy. Post on GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
2. Do one of the activities I talk about after the book is in the video is over. Take a ONE-Minute Video of you doing the activity with your family.  Post on GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
3 Write on the following prompt: What is family tradition that you love and want to continue? Why? Your response should be one-page.

Assignment Three: Simply Maria or the American Dream

Watch this video where I give background the play "SIMPLY MARIA OR THE AMERICAN DREAM"

TO GET CREDIT...
1. Read the play, take a video of yourself reading on Scene of the play, any scene you want. Post on GOOGLE CLASSROOM.
2. Answer the following questions on a Google Doc, copy & paste these questions 
• What does Maria want for herself?
• What do Maria’s parents want for her?
• What does Maria’s mother mean when she says, “You’re a Mexican woman, you’re different from other women, try to accept that.”?
• Are women you know expected to fulfill traditional or cultural roles?
• How does the production use symbolism to convey ideas?
• How is satire used to bring a point across?
• How does Josefina López use the convention of the standard wedding vows to target the themes of her play?
• Can you identify with any of Maria’s problems or dilemmas?
• Have you ever felt that you needed to free yourself from a gender or cultural stereotype? 
Your response should be one-two pages.

Link to the play in PDF format: "Simply Maria or the American Dream"