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Re: Latino-American Novels for a high school english class
Posted by Annie Jones on 5/05/08
Thanks much for the suggestion - I was not familiar with this
collection of stories/novel by Rivera, but it looks great! In its
structure, it seems to have some similarities to Cane by Jean
Toomer...I look forward to reading it and hopefully using it in my
class for next year...thanks so much! On 5/03/08, bandnerdtx wrote:
> How about "And the Earth Did Not Devour Him" by Tomas Rivera. There
> are lots of teaching guides out there for it, too.
>
> On 5/02/08, Annie Jones wrote:
>> On 5/02/08, tle - Rudolfo Anaya wrote:
>>> Bless Me, Ultima is a great story with accessible characters. It
>>> is a modern classic.
>>> On 5/02/08, chiteach wrote:
>>>> maybe i am partial to it because it is set in my hometown, but
>>> my students and i
>>>> always love reading The House on Mango Street.
>>>>
>>>> On 5/02/08, maybe try Esparanza Rising...nfm wrote:
>> ...
>> ...
>> Thanks so much for the responses! I love all three
>> novels/collections suggested...but (sorry) A House on Mango Street
>> is the one text that all of my EL students have already read in
>> their EL classes, along with Esperanza Rising (which I love, but
>> see as more of an EL/young adult novel)...and I personally found
>> Anaya's novel also very moving, but wasn't sure if my very urban
>> students would find it equally engaging... I do plan to use it at
>> some point, however, because it is such a classic...any other
>> suggestions? I know that there has to be more options out there
>> for my students, especially my students who are Chicano/a, or are
>> from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala...this is not to say that
>> those or any other students can't appreciate novels from
>> communities other than their own, but yet and still, it would be
>> great for them to have the chance to hear more voices that are
>> similar to their own, too...Thanks much!
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Latino-American Novels for a high school english class, 5/02/08, by Annie Jones.
- Re: Latino-American Novels for a high school english class, 5/02/08, by maybe try Esparanza Rising...nfm.
- Re: Latino-American Novels for a high school english class, 5/02/08, by chiteach.
- Re: Latino-American Novels for a high school english class, 5/02/08, by tle - Rudolfo Anaya.
- Re: Latino-American Novels for a high school english class, 5/02/08, by Annie Jones.
- Re: Latino-American Novels for a high school english class, 5/03/08, by bandnerdtx.
- Re: Latino-American Novels for a high school english class, 5/05/08, by Annie Jones.
- Re: Latino-American Novels for a high school english class, 5/05/08, by sb.
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