Read Amy Tan’s essay “Mother Tongue”. You can find the essay in Join the Conversation, our electronic textbook.

As you read “Mother Tongue”, use the commenting tool on Perusall to annotate the reading. Please add four annotations to the text. These annotations are an opportunity to rephrase an idea in your own words, ask a question about the text, draw a connection between this reading and something else you have experienced or read, or to add your own reaction or response to the text. You are also free to offer an annotation that responds to one that has already been shared by one of your classmates.

I have provided some general guidance above under the heading “Annotation”. This should give you a clearer sense of what annotation is and more specific instructions about how to annotate using Perusall

These annotations must be completed before class on Monday, September 12th.

• Read Richard Rodriguez, “Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood” (available under the “Texts” tab on the blog).  Please identify three passages from the essay that seem to you to be particularly worthy of closer attention and analysis.  This could be a single sentence or a longer passage.  Come to class on Wednesday, September 7th with a hard copy of the essay, prepared to share and discuss the passages you’ve selected.
• Complete any remaining tasks from Assignments – Week #1 (purchasing and commenting on textbook, sharing your introduction on our blog, responding to “The First Day”, adding photo to your blogs@baruch account.
• Please read your classmates’ introductions on our course blog, and respond to a minimum of 3 introductions. Please do this by Monday, September 12th.