Writing May 4-8

Choose one of the topics below. Write a multi-paragraph essay with an introduction, body, and a conclusion. You may use the articles from this week to help you.

o Opinion Writing: This week you learned about 3 Amendments: 13, 14, and 15. Select one of these and write an essay about why you think it is the most important one of the three. Be sure to support your ideas with details from the text as well as your own analysis of the impact of the law on America then and now.

o Narrative Writing: Suppose you could make an amendment to the Constitution. What would your amendment be, why would you want it, and how would it benefit Americans?

Due May 8. Please take a picture and send to me through Dojo or email unless you are using google classroom).

miller_robin@hcde.org

Writing for April 27-May 1 Same as listed under SS

Choose One

o Opinion Writing: There were many ideas about how to put the country back together after the War. Some wanted to punish the South. Some wanted to be more forgiving. Some wanted to restrict the rights of newly freed slaves. Others wanted to give them the same rights as other citizens. Which opinion you agree with most?

o Informative/Explanatory Writing: Throughout history, people have gone to war, then after the war is over, sometimes the victor helps the loser regain footing. Explain why the victor would do this.

o Narrative Writing: Imagine you were living in the South after the Civil War. If the Radical Republicans’ plan was to go through, the South would be forced to pay the North for the War. How would this part of the plan affect you and your family? Write a journal entry explaining an imaginary discussion you overhear your parents having about this Reconstruction plan.

o Journal Writing: Write a journal entry about what your life has been like this week. How are you feeling? What have you done? What did you enjoy/do for fun? What do you miss?

Writing (Same assignments as listed under SS)

Choose One

o Opinion Writing: Do you think sharecropping was a fair occupation for former slaves? Why or why not? Write a multi-paragraph essay supporting your opinion.

o Informative/Explanatory Writing: Write about Lincoln’s assassination and Johnson taking over the presidency.

o Narrative Writing: Suppose you live in the South after the Civil War. Your area is destroyed. Do you stay or try to move away? Why? Tell about what your life is like.

o Journal Writing: Write a journal entry about what your life has been like this week. How are you feeling? What have you done? What did you enjoy/do for fun? What do you miss?

o Take a picture of your writing and send it to me by 4/20.