Welcome to De Anza!
Agenda
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In-class writing
Travel Narrative Assignment
Preparation for Reading Journal 1
Questions for America is in the Heart
In Class Writing
• You have 45 minutes. You should spend the first ten
minutes brainstorming and organizing your thoughts.
You should spend the last ten minutes proofreading.
• Here is the question: What has travel meant to you, and
what do you hope that travel will mean to you in the
future?
In Class Writing
• Here is the question: What has travel meant to you, and
what do you hope that travel will mean to you in the
future?
• Your essay should be organized as a narrative that
progresses from the past to the present and then to the
future.
• Pay attention to the quality of your descriptions and
examples. Do not write an unrealistically positive
description of your experiences and your expectations.
• Pay attention to the organization of your essay
(paragraphs stay on topic, sentences flow, transitions
between paragraphs)
Travel Narrative
• The assignment description is available on
the course web page.
• Share with people in your group the place
that you visited or are planning on visiting.
Prep for Reading Journal 1
• In your first reading journal you will write
about the history of your own family during
the period covered in America is in the
Heart.
• For a few minutes write down notes about
your family from the period 1918-1942.
Where were they? What were they doing?
Prep for Reading Journal 1
• In your first reading journal you will write
about the history of your own family during
the period covered in America is in the
Heart.
• For a few minutes write down notes about
your family from the period 1918-1942.
Where were they? What were they doing?
Questions for AIH
• How did the narrator’s family lose their
land?
• What caused the narrator to travel abroad?
• What lead the narrator to come to the US?
• What circumstances (political, legal,
economic) enabled the narrator to travel?
Paragraphs
• There is not a set number of paragraphs. The
number of paragraphs is based on the needs of the
subject that you’re writing about.
• Paragraphs should begin with a topic sentence.
• The remaining sentences in the paragraph should
develop the topic. In other words, make sure that
paragraphs stay on topic.
• There should be transitions between paragraphs.
Homework
• Save your notes from the reading journal prep
• The travel narrative is due on Thursday.
• If necessary, ask people about your family history
from 1918-1942.
• Get the textbooks. We are beginning America is in
the Heart this week.