1. Write the story title and author name. .25 point
Ode to Caltrans- Hector Tobar
2. Summarize the reading in one brief paragraph; be specific in your summary. Remember that your classmates will rely on you for this information. 2 percent
Ode to Caltrans is about a Guatemalan immigrant, whose parents came to live in California. Tobar describes how the roads and freeways changed over time. That there was once a time where it was not so crowded and fast passed. Now a day’s people in the Los Angeles county drive too fast and death from car related accidents are common. He talks about pollution and his child experience relating to the highways.
3. Which was your favorite sentence or paragraph (include entire quote; use quote marks and page number)? 1 percent
“The car twisted in the air like a gyroscope before landing right side up, its driver staring out at me, his eyes empty in shock. I mouthed the words “Are you okay?” as I drove past, but he didn’t answer.” (54)
4. What did the reading make you think of? (be specific eg "There is a bridge in SF that spans 4 miles from SF to Oakland and in the middle of the bridge it crosses an island called Treasure Island. This story makes me think of that specific little island where I can see the entire city and bay area. That city was also in the news recently where .... ) .75 percent
The reading made me think of when I live in Southern California a few years back. When Tobar describes how fast and aggressively some drivers can be it brought me back my first time driving those highways.
5. What is one thing you did not know before you started the reading that you now know (again, be specific using concrete examples)? 1 percent
That the pollution in Los Angeles has been bad for longer than I thought it has been. Tobar refers to a time in third grade when his teacher did an experiment to see how much carbon emissions particles would attach to a board with Vaseline.
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1. Write the story title and author name. .25 point
Montalvo, Myths and Dreams of Home-Thomas Steinbeck
2. Summarize the reading in one brief paragraph; be specific in your summary. Remember that your classmates will rely on you for this information. 2 percent
Steinbeck writes about all the myths that people who live outside of California believe in. he writes about literature, history and the passing and changing of time. He tells a story about his grandmother believing like many that there are little creatures smaller than most humans “The Dark Watchers” who watch over the people. His grandmother would make and leave The Dark Watcher’s baskets of food. When she would return the basket would have a small shell or a bird’s feather inside. In the end, Steinbeck believes this story, because he is in love with California.
3. Which was your favorite sentence or paragraph (include entire quote; use quote marks and page number)? 1 percent
“But the California myth has a slippery custom of reinventing itself every time you turn around. Just when you think you’ve got a handle on the newest fashion (exit stage right), the whole marvel instantly changes costume and reenters stage left.” (66)
4. What did the reading make you think of? (be specific eg "There is a bridge in SF that spans 4 miles from SF to Oakland and in the middle of the bridge it crosses an island called Treasure Island. This story makes me think of that specific little island where I can see the entire city and bay area. That city was also in the news recently where .... ) .75 percent
It made me think of California in a different light. I think people born and raised in California take it for granted. They take for granted the beauty that this state offers.
5. What is one thing you did not know before you started the reading that you now know (again, be specific using concrete examples)? 1 percent
I had never realized that California had myths that people believed in. like his grandmother believing in The Dark Watchers.
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1. Write the story title and author name. .25 point
The Last Little Beach Town- Edward Humes
2. Summarize the reading in one brief paragraph; be specific in your summary. Remember that your classmates will rely on you for this information. 2 percent
Humes writes about Seal Beach being the last beach town that still had all the important small town aspects that to Humes, is so important and rare. He tells a descriptive story about how he saw towns like Seal Beach become nothing more than tourist attractions and that somehow Seal Beach was saved from all of that.
3. Which was your favorite sentence or paragraph (include entire quote; use quote marks and page number)? 1 percent
“When the sun is as high as it’s going to get, it’s still slightly in front of you, so that it dazzles the eye when you stare straight out at the water.” (74)
4. What did the reading make you think of? (be specific eg "There is a bridge in SF that spans 4 miles from SF to Oakland and in the middle of the bridge it crosses an island called Treasure Island. This story makes me think of that specific little island where I can see the entire city and bay area. That city was also in the news recently where .... ) .75 percent
The way he described Seal Beach’s Main Street it reminded me of Bodega Bay's Main Street. Having visited Bodega Bay several times, I was amazed with the small town personality.
5. What is one thing you did not know before you started the reading that you now know (again, be specific using concrete examples)? 1 percent
I did not know that the vision back in 1913 was for Seal Beach to become a trendy costal city.
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1. Write the story title and author name. .25 point
Surfacing-Matt Warshaw
2. Summarize the reading in one brief paragraph; be specific in your summary. Remember that your classmates will rely on you for this information. 2 percent
Warshaw writes about life as a suffer in the mid nineties. He describes this life style with such detail that you are able to envision the actual waves that his main character, Jay Moriarity, rides. Moriarity falls in love and is drawn to these big waves. In the end, this proved to be almost fatal for Moriarity. He however pulls through, gets right back up, and surfs those big waves again.
3. Which was your favorite sentence or paragraph (include entire quote; use quote marks and page number)? 1 percent
“The wave, shaped like a broad-based pyramid, grew steadily, then fringed along the crest as it intersected with the group of surfers, their arms like pinwheels as they clambered up the face and dropped, safe, down the back slope.” (81)
4. What did the reading make you think of? (be specific eg "There is a bridge in SF that spans 4 miles from SF to Oakland and in the middle of the bridge it crosses an island called Treasure Island. This story makes me think of that specific little island where I can see the entire city and bay area. That city was also in the news recently where .... ) .75 percent
This reading make me think about sharks. When Warshaw is describing Moriarity being dragged down by one of the columns, it made me think of a shark attack.
5. What is one thing you did not know before you started the reading that you now know (again, be specific using concrete examples)? 1 percent
I never understood the passion that surfers fell when riding and mastering a wave. This short story described the rush of feelings that Moriarity felt.
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