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Please read this carefully! Sorry I didn't have it earlier. Just so you know, I'm going to assign grades to this essay and those that follow. So remember the following words: detail, specificity, precision and, of course, semi-colon!

English 100
January 25, 2006
Susan M. Schultz


Essay (Anzualdua / Kanae / You)


Write three pages on one of the following topics. Your essay will be due next Wednesday. Send to me via email, so that we can do a class workshop on Thursday. Ignore the bad scheduling for next week on the regular syllabus.



1. Under “Assignments for Writing” on page 87 of Ways of Reading, do number 1, which asks you to write your own “mixed text” about your life. Read the assignment carefully before starting to write.


2. Using Sista Tongue as your model, write about an incident in your own life as a speaker and writer. Use design elements to accentuate your meaning.


3. Write a dialogue between Lisa Kanae and Paolo Freire, in which they discuss the implications of multiple language use and education.