This week we will begin reading works by Marti and read about the Spanish Cuban American War.
Here is a
Google Doc of the same text in case you prefer to print it. Also a great
translation by Esther Allen.
You will turn in your film essay (Ojo del Canario) and you will present your ideas about the film to your classmates.
Today's PPT
Ballard will talk about the following: History of the Spanish/ Cuban/ American War Clayton, Conniff, Gauss, A New History of Modern Latin America: (pp. 230-31, 240-48).
Perez, Louis A., Cuba: Between Reform and Revolution: Chapter. 5.
Today in class we are going to Read Versos Sencillos III and Coney Island closely.
Each student will write an autobiographical poem with similar stanzas to Versos Sencillos I.
Today's PPT
Kimberly Casso presentation
Coney Island Generative Comments and Essay Mapping
Today's PPT
The Truth About the United States
History of José Martí in the US: Tampa, Key West and NYC: Selected readings from Gerald Poyo, Lisandro Perez and Anne Fountain