LAST NAME 1 Jesus Huerta
Mr. Kelly
English 1, Summer School
17 June 2020
Claims, about, and ABOUT practice
Instructions: For each of the below story chapters, describe "about" (setting, characters, conflict) and identify a
2-3 themes, ideas, or concepts as part of the ABOUT. Then, make a claim about one theme from each story, and
give at least one reason explaining why
HELPFUL SENTENCE FRAME FOR THEME:
.
In
of
(chapter) from
because
(book)
(this event or moment) creates the theme
My example for "Laughter"
Mango street

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance

How does douglass contrast his childhood on colonel lloyd’s plantation with this arrival on baltimore at the auld’s?

How did hinojosa's mom's experience described in this story impact hinojosa's sense of who she is? 2. how is hinojosa's experience of the united states similar to your own? how is it different? 3. describe a time when you felt voiceless or powerless. what led you to feel that way? were you able to find your voice? why or why not?