Language Arts

Compare and Contrast Texts

· Use the texts “After the Hurricane” and “Ninth Ward” to fill in the chart below then answer the questions. Make sure you go back and re-read sections. You may also listen to the audio clip on “Ninth Ward” on your phone or tablet (the part we’re reading stops at 7:33).

· If it helps you to first create a Venn Diagram like we did in class yesterday, you may do that on notebook paper.

· This assignment is two pages long.

	“After the Hurricane”	“Ninth Ward”
Key statements	1. 2.	1. 2.
Significant Events	1. 2.	1. 2.
Memorable Images	1. 2.	1. 2.

Analyze the Text Questions

1. Identify: How are the speaker in "After the Hurricane" and the narrator in Ninth Ward similar?

2. Compare: How are the circumstances faced by the poem's speaker and the novel's narrator different? How are their responses to their circumstances different?

3. Draw Conclusions: What have you learned from these selections about what it takes to be a survivor?