One journal will always be a dialog journal. We will have a midterm examination. A final exam where we synthesize the issues, readings and discussions we have had in class. The final is comprehensive. We will read and respond in literary circles to selected multicultural readings.
Multicultural literature is important in any classroom.
It is just as important in ours. My purpose is to allow us to respond as readers, students and prospective teachers. Or to shape our narratives in ways that do not duplicate other narratives. At least we can work to render them the kinds of stories that open out possibility. The push for multicultural representation in literature is here to stay.