Wednesday & Thursday; September 17 & 18

Thanks to back to school night, and an involved parent, check out this short video trailer about people dying in an attempt to cross the southwest border of this country.
http://vimeo.com/50991067




Handout: telling your own story. Go through the points and think of questions one should ask.

Sample: number 2, Rachel’s story. We discussed each paragraph and what it added to the story.

The Coming to America writing assignment Coming to America writing assignment



Dates

9-19 & 9-22 Bonus points New Colossus.



9-25 & 9-29 Coming to America story due, passes, tardies.