Welcome to your ROCK blog on Enrique's Journey
Divide your book into three roughly equal sections.
Read the first third in one week.
Your first blog post is due Thursday, March 6.
Your first comment is due Tuesday, March 11.
The next two weeks will match this same format.
For your first blog post, after reading the first third of the book, you are undoubtedly curious about the setting, the period, the conflict. Do some research on something that you have a question about.
In your blog post, describe the following:
1. What did you read in the book (page #), and what did it make you wonder about?
2. Cite your source. This doesn't have to be a formal citation. You can say something like "according to...."
3. Paraphrase (don't cut and paste) your research.
For your first comment, read through the blog and find someone else's post that interests you, someone who researched something else you were interested in. ADD to their research like so:
1. Tell them what happened in the book that made you wonder about the same topic.
2. Add further research about that topic. Cite your source and paraphrase your research.
First, Enrique is in Honduras with his mom and sister. He sees his mom working tirelessly to try to provide for her family. He begins to feel bad that his mom can't really provide because there are not enough jobs and she has to wash houses. So Enrique decides to make a life changing journey across a treacherous terrain and will realize that coming to the US will be the best choice for opportunity. He begins by hiring a coyote and then leaves Honduras. He hops on a train full of immigrants and while he is passing through the countryside, people give him and other immigrants food.
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