Enrique’s Journey: The Story of a Boy’s Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother – by Sonia Nazario
Enrique’s Journey is the award-winning nonfiction book that tells the story of immigration to the United States through the specific story of Enrique, a boy from Honduras, who chooses to follow his mother on the dangerous journey from Tegucigalpa to America. The author, a Los Angeles Times reporter, retraced Enrique’s odyssey by traveling on top of trains, hitchhiking, taking buses, and facing the dangers the teen faced. Photographs and interviews with him, family members, other children, and those who provide aid along the way document the hazards of migration.
Writing Assignment – Interactive Blog
You will “discuss” the book with other sophomores on a blog as you read the book over the summer.
Students will register for the blog in their English classes before freshman year ends. Once you are logged on, please follow these directions.
1. Write two (2) original posts and two (2) comments to others
2. The first original post should discuss something in the first half of the book. The second original
post should concern the second half.
In your posts, please follow this formula:
a. Set up the context for a point or a quotation from the book – choose something that strikes you as meaningful, important, shocking, beautiful, touching, etc. (note the page number)
b. Elaborate on this point or quotation. Tell details. Then, offer your personal response.
c. At the end of your post, pose a related question for others to respond to.
Blog Due Dates
Write one of your original blog posts and leave one comment on another post by August 1. Write your second original post and leave another comment on a different post by August 15. (Feel free to write more than the required 2 posts and 2 comments.)
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