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Section 1: Texts

Core

  • Unit Reader
    • “Introduction,” “But Sometimes What We Call ‘Memory,’” “Coyotes and the Stro’ro’ka Dancers,” excerpts from Storyteller, Leslie Marmon Silko, Viking Books, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2012
    • “Mother Tongue,” Amy Tan, Threepenny Review, Reprinted by permission from Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency., 1990
  • Digital Access
    • “Coyote Dances with a Star,” Joe Hayes, Joe Hayes, 2016
    • “Introduction to Storytelling” from “Pixar in a Box: The Art of Storytelling,” Pixar Animation Studios, Khan Academy, 2017

Optional

  • Digital Access
    • “Arrow to the Sun,” Gerald McDermott, YouTube, 1973
    • “Native American Coyote Mythology,” Traditional Myth, Native Languages of the Americas, 2016
  • Tradebook
    • Excerpts from The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros, Vintage Books, 2009