Language Arts

.

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

My Antonia, Tom Sawyer, and Ethan

Frame

are

all

set at least 100 y

ears ago. Compare and

Contrast the settings in terms

of

their appeal to the reader. Which settings is the least threatening

and most inviting? Which setting seems the most unpleasant? S

uppo

rt your opinion statements

with

examples from the selections.

OR

In “American

History

,

” Elena

experiences

her own personal tragedy. How does it compare with

the tragedy of President Kennedy

’s assassination in terms of immediate impact and

long

-

term

effects?

.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

My Antonia, Tom Sawyer, and Ethan Frame are all set at least 100 years ago. Compare and

Contrast the settings in terms of their appeal to the reader. Which settings is the least threatening

and most inviting? Which setting seems the most unpleasant? Support your opinion statements

with examples from the selections.

OR

In “American History,” Elena experiences her own personal tragedy. How does it compare with

the tragedy of President Kennedy’s assassination in terms of immediate impact and long-term

effects?