Language Arts

One

hal

f or

one

-

page

essay

Choose one of th

e

following topics. Plan your essay.

Write your f

irst draft. Then revise and

edit

and

wri

te your final essay. Don

’t

forget to identify your audience, purpose, and task before you

begin planning.

The

theme of this unit is

“Identity

.

”

W

hat

simila

rities can you find in

the problems

faced by

the

narrators

of The Woman Warrior and Hunger of Memory as they struggle to find their identities?

How are the two narrators and their families different

?

O

R

In

Class Matters, bell hooks

call

for

“an

-

your face criti

que of capitalist greed

” to address the

problem of the

widening

gap

between the

wealthy an

d the

poor. Explain

how you believe the

problem developed and offer at least two ways to begin to solve it.

One half or one-page essay

Choose one of the following topics. Plan your essay. Write your first draft. Then revise and edit

and write your final essay. Don’t forget to identify your audience, purpose, and task before you

begin planning.

The theme of this unit is “Identity.” What similarities can you find in the problems faced by the

narrators of The Woman Warrior and Hunger of Memory as they struggle to find their identities?

How are the two narrators and their families different?

OR

In Class Matters, bell hooks call for “an-your face critique of capitalist greed” to address the

problem of the widening gap between the wealthy and the poor. Explain how you believe the

problem developed and offer at least two ways to begin to solve it.