Students will learn how to conduct a research project. Students will learn how to relate literature to important social issues and their own lives. Students will learn how to create a project in cooperation with others. A week minimum, but can be extensive, depending on the teacher and the students' involvement. Materials copies of books, research material, the library, computers for writing.
Procedures Studying Latina writers is an important experience for contemporary American youth.
However, the activities should be modified to fit the teaching style of the instructor and the learning styles of the students. How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, speaks to young people in many ways because it concerns the relationships between parents and children, immigration to another culture, and the difficulties in coming of age. A chapter can be used, or the entire book. Julia Alvarez spent her childhood in the Dominican Republic. Her family had lived in the United States for a while, and several members attended school or worked there.