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Exploring LA: Imagined Spaces and Compressed Time

This agenda focuses on analyzing the essay "Disneyland" and its exploration of Los Angeles as an imagined space. The class will engage in small group and class discussions, read the essay, and participate in a freewrite activity. Homework includes group discussions and a reading response.

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Exploring LA: Imagined Spaces and Compressed Time

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  1. ENGL 100 2.9.16

  2. Agenda • Introduce LA Essay • Small group discussion • Class discussion • Read “Disneyland” • Freewrite • Homework

  3. Group Discussion • What line did you choose and why? • Ask each other the three questions.

  4. LA as Imagined Space • What is the thesis of this essay? • How is the author supporting the thesis? • What methodology is she using? • How is LA a “thirdspace”? • Why use text and images to describe LA? • Describe some of the many ways LA is imagined as a city. • What is the importance of the compression of time and space for the author? • How does space possess agency? 66-67 • What is the importance of advertisements, literature, architecture, film in experiencing LA?

  5. Freewrite • Draw a map of where you live in Southern California.

  6. Homework • RR to “Taking Apart LA” • Reading Response: Choose one line that you felt was particularly interesting, relevant, or important to the essay and analyze it within the context of the rest of the essay. • Also provide three discussion questions

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