Calendar

A day-by-day breakdown of class assignments and activities

Week	Session	Language Topic	Cultural Topic	Reading	Major Assignments
1	1	Introduction	Introduction
2	2	Ann Pale Kreyòl (APK) Leson 1: Greetings, Personal Pronouns, Commands	CONQUEST, COLONIZATION AND SLAVERY	Mintz, The Caribbean as a Socio-Cultural Area, pp. 17-31
	3	Leson 1, cont.		Mintz, The Caribbean as a Social-Cultural Area, pp. 32-42
3	4	APK Leson 2: Greetings, Short Forms of Pronouns, Commands	PEASANT RESISTANCE	Mintz, From Plantations to Peasantries, pp. 1-15, 20-22	Quiz #1
	5		PEASANT ECONOMIC AND MORAL STRATEGIES	Carnegie, Strategic Flexibility in the West Indies
4	6	Leson 2, cont.	FRENCH SUBJECTS, CREOLE OTHERS	Mufwene, What We Mean When We Say 'Creole'	Quiz #2
	7	APK Leson 3: Classroom Objects, Articles, Noun Plurals		Valdman, The Linguistic Situation of Haiti
5	8	Leson 3, cont.		Laforest, Homelands in The Butterfly’s Way	Quiz #3
	9	APK Leson 4: People and Places, Progressive Marker		Chamoiseau, School Days: preface, pp. vii-ix, "Longing" pp. 9-51
6	10	APK Leson 4, cont.		Chamoiseau, School Days, pp. 51-93	Quiz #4
	11	APK Leson 5, Describing Activities, Possessive, Clothing		Chamoiseau, School Days, pp. 94-end
7	12	APK Leson 5, cont.		Discussion of Film	Quiz #5
	13	APK Leson 6: What’s Happening?, Possessives, Counting	“DEVELOPMENT” AND THE EXODUS OF PEOPLE	Richman, Migration and Voodoo: Chapter 2 "Migration, Remittances and Development"	Essay #1 Due
8	14	APK Leson 6, cont.		Richman, Migration and Voodoo, Chapter 2 "Migration, Remittances and Development"	Quiz #6
	15	APK Leson 7: family, Demonstrative Determiner		Richman, A Lavalas at Home/A Lavalas for Home
9	16	MIDTERM EXAM: Part 1, Creole Language			Mid-Term Exam: Language
	17	MIDTERM EXAM: Part 2, Haitian Culture			Mid-Term Exam: Culture
10	MID-TERM BREAK
11	18	APK Leson 8: The Face, Negative Forms	MIGRANTS AND SPIRITS AT HOME AND ABROAD	Brown, Mama Lola , pp. 1-20, 344-356
	19	APK Leson 8, cont.		Brown, Mama Lola, pp. 21-34, 79-92, 141-154
12	20	APK Leson 9: Chores, Timeless Verb Form		Brown, Mama Lola, pp. 203-240	Quiz #7
	21	APK Lesson 9, cont.		Brown, Mama Lola, pp. 241-170	Essay #2 Due
13	22	APK Leson 10: Telling Time, Definite Determiner		Brown, Mama Lola, pp. 271-311	Quiz #8
	23	APK Leson 10, cont.		Brown, Mama Lola, pp. 312-344, 364-381
14	24	APK Leson 11: Doing Laundry, Spatial Prepositions, Questions		Review and Discussion
	25	APK Leson 11, cont.		Review and Discussion
15	26	Final Review
	27	FINAL EXAM: Part 1, Creole Language			Final Exam: Language
	28	FINAL EXAM: Part 2, Haitian Culture			Final Exam: Culture

Citation: Richman, K. (2008, January 30). Calendar. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/latino-studies/creole-lanuage-and-culture/calendar.

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