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Class: American Dream Readings From Your Junior Reader

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Read the following essays and complete this sentence in your Reader or on a separate sheet of paper. Provide 2-3 more sentences to explain why youre completing this sentence the way you are. (You should have 3-4 sentences total, for each reading.) Sentence to complete: According to (authors last name), the pursuit of the American Dream requires Readings: 1. To Be Remembered in the Immigration Debates: They Are Us by Pete Hamill (page 3 5) a. Annotate in your text: What does Hamill argue is selfless about the immigrants journey and experience in America? What ethos and work does Hamill argue is typical of immigrants? What does Hamill say are the reasons we need immigrants? What emotional truths drive immigrants in America? 2. Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan (page 8) a. Annotate in your text: What specific details of the dinner cause the narrator embarrassment? What is the symbolic meaning of the mothers gift? What is the narrators realization at the end of the story? 3. Straw Into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday by Sandra Cisneros (page 245 246) a. Annotate in your text: What is the appearance of the American Dream to the speaker? What is the reality? What are the benefits of being an American and pursuing the American Dream? What are the drawbacks? Does onebenefits or drawbacksoutweigh the other? Your annotations and sentences are due Day 1, Week of September 4. No annotations = no credit. Name: Class: American Dream Readings From Your Junior Reader Read the following essays and complete this sentence in your Reader or on a separate sheet of paper. Provide 2-3 more sentences to explain why youre completing this sentence the way you are. (You should have 3-4 sentences total, for each reading.) Sentence to complete: According to (authors last name), the pursuit of the American Dream requires Readings: 1. To Be Remembered in the Immigration Debates: They Are Us by Pete Hamill (page 3 5) a. Annotate in your text: What does Hamill argue is selfless about the immigrants journey and experience in America? What ethos and work does Hamill argue is typical of immigrants? What does Hamill say are the reasons we need immigrants? What emotional truths drive immigrants in America? 2. Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan (page 8) a. Annotate in your text: What specific details of the dinner cause the narrator embarrassment? What is the symbolic meaning of the mothers gift? What is the narrators realization at the end of the story? 3. Straw Into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday by Sandra Cisneros (page 245 246) a. Annotate in your text: What is the appearance of the American Dream to the speaker? What is the reality? What are the benefits of being an American and pursuing the American Dream? What are the drawbacks? Does onebenefits or drawbacksoutweigh the other? Your annotations and sentences are due Day 1, Week of September 4. No annotations = no credit. READING