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Prerequisite assignments:
Prerequisite assignments:
WRITING EXPECTATIONS:
WRITING EXPECTATIONS:
A. Proper Heading (4pts)
B. FORM: Topic sentence, main ideas, supporting details, conclusion (10pts)
C. MECHANICS: Correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, complete sentences 6pts)
D. MESSAGE: Quality/Clarity/Depth of ideas (10pts)
Total: 30pts
PICK A PROMPT
PICK A PROMPT
Please complete one of the three following Journal assignments. Complete your writing in the Google Doc provided in the Google Classroom.
- Connect
Listen to Jimi Hendrix's performance of the Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock. How might his interpretation represent the feelings of many Americans during the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam Conflict?
War by Edwin Starr
Jimi Hendrix performs the National Anthem
Jimi Hendrix performs the National Anthem
Woodstock 1969
Jimi Hendrix speaks about the National Anthem
Jimi Hendrix speaks about the National Anthem
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2. Infer
2. Infer
1. What might the government assume about so many people gathering in one place at Woodstock, based on this advertisement and the three readings we have completed about this time period?
2. Do you think it was constitutional (legal) for the government to rescind (change their mind about) the permits to try to stop the event?
3. Why were so many people unsupportive of the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam conflict?
Back up your inferences with supporting evidence from your NEWSELA readings, including the pressures experienced by President Johnson (be sure to paraphrase instead of copying word for word).
3. Compare and contrast
3. Compare and contrast
Compare the message of Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower" to Edwin Starr's "War". Who was more effective in expressing their protest in your opinion? What literary devices did they use to convey their messages?
Edwin Starr- War
Edwin Starr- War
Jimi Hendrix- All Along the Watchtower
Jimi Hendrix- All Along the Watchtower
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