Free Rice

This is a link to a website that allows you to play a vocabulary game, learn new words and donate rice to hungry nations.

Please do this on Tuesdays as your do now.

http://freerice.com

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Writing

March 11, 2008

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Writing Assignment

Dear Students,

Please choose 1 writing assignment to complete this week. Length of assignment is 1 page typed.
Due Tuesday, March 18th.
Written Dialogue: You will be writing a letter about what you have read in the book. The letter will show your classmates your thoughts of such things as what the book is about, why it is good/boring/confusing, what the author is trying to accomplish, or why a particular character acted a certain way.

Or

Character Log: Write about Harriet’s life as you read her book, noting essential details and discussing the complexity of her decisions. Questions to consider: Why did she act or think a certain way in a certain situation? What does she believe in? What motivates her? What is important to her and why? How does she change and why? What is her relationship with others in the story and how does that relationship change?