Hometown Perspective

What is your perspective of where you live? What do you like about it? What don't you like about it? Use details to help me understand the tone you are setting? (Don't forget to tell me where you live.)

What colors could help represent the tone you are trying to set and the mood you are trying to create?

What kind of space--empty or full--might represent where you live?

What song matches the tone and mood you are trying to set?

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Avoiding Plagiarism by SUMMARIZING

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"Thank You Ma'am" setting

Write an 8th grade quality paragraph explaining how the short story Thank You, Ma'am might change if the setting's time period were different?

Remembering 9/11

Look at the picture below. This is one of the memorials at the World Trade Center site. All of the names of the people who died are on this memorial reflection pool. Why do you think this memorial was built? How do you think this memorial can help the families of those who lost their lives? Explain using specific evidence from what you have learned about 9/11.

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