Refer to your Who Is Sonia Sotomayor? book for a complete version of this text. Select Fact or Opinion for each statement from Chapter 5 of the text.
Fact Opinion
“Working in the DA’s office didn’t pay very much.”

Fact – “Working in the DA’s office didn’t pay very much.”

Opinion – “Working in the DA’s office didn’t pay very much.”
“He was the district attorney, or DA, for New York County.”

Fact – “He was the district attorney, or DA, for New York County.”

Opinion – “He was the district attorney, or DA, for New York County.”
“Her office was tiny and unpleasant.”

Fact – “Her office was tiny and unpleasant.”

Opinion – “Her office was tiny and unpleasant.”
“Her first real case in court involved a young college student who had been in a street fight.”

Demonstrating understanding of jem's development one way to demonstrate understanding of character and theme is by writing from the perspective of a character. for this assignment, compose a short poem from the perspective of jem. your poem should detail his feelings about either a. his father, atticus or b. mrs. dubose. the poem must accurately trace the progression of jem's attitudes and beliefs, highlighting the important events and shifts in his perspective detailed above. your writing should also sound like jem, using voice and word choice that reflects the voice and word choice found in the novel. the poem can be a free poem (meaning it does not need to rhyme or follow a particular format). it should be a minimum of twenty-lines in length, have a title, and follow conventional rules of spelling, grammar, and punctuation.