If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Students will navigate a multilingual text, analyze the craft of poetic translation, and become translators themselves.
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Students will participate in small and large group discussions to connect their personal lived experiences with the cultural realities described in Borderlands/La Frontera.
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Students will read and analyze the multiple genres present in Borderlands/La Frontera. They will explore the relationship of the author's practice of blending genres to the content of her text, which deals with living among and between distinct cultural...
