Starter: Take a moment to look over your annotations. Look for a passage in the text that you find to be beautiful prose:)
Small group discussion
One person should scribe main points of your group’s conversation. You could cut and paste the questions into a google doc, answer them, and share it with Jessica. Or you could jot down main points on a piece of paper. Bulleted lists and incomplete sentences are fine.
Mexican Whiteboy Discussion Questions
Discussion Norms:
- Discuss, don’t just answer the questions
- Answer every answer fully and give examples when you can (reference the text)
- Everyone on the page in the text you are discussing
- Redirect side conversations
- Balance who speaks
- Ask questions if needed
- No talking to other groups
Mexican Whiteboy Discussion Questions
- Each group member should share one significant annotation.
- Read to each other the passage you identified as beautiful, deep, or striking.
- Why is Danny experiencing an identity conflict?
- How do Danny’s different communities socialize him in different ways?
- How do race/ethnicity play a role in Danny’s identity? In Uno’s?
- On p. 29, Senior says to Uno, “a leopard can never change his spots” as he shares some wisdom about life and identity. What might be the significance of this line/scene in the overall message of the book?
- On p. 52, Randy (mom’s boyfriend) says “choice gives a human being a sense of empowerment.” How might this represent a privileged worldview?
Large Group Discussion
Race, ethnicity, Mexican Whiteboy, White People, Why is Victor so upset?
JOURNAL 10.12: What are some ways that your race and/or ethnicity have impacted your identity?
DUE TODAY!!!
Edit your Mean Girls paragraphs. Please highlight T, E, and A in each paragraph, as I have done here. Submit to me by email today if you have not done so already.
Read Mexican White Boy pages for Monday
