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Argumentative Essay: Housing Discrimination

Argumentative Essay: Housing Discrimination Quotes: Interpret the following quote: “Discrimination is a disease.” Roger Staubach

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Argumentative Essay: Housing Discrimination

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  1. Argumentative Essay: Housing Discrimination • Quotes: Interpret the following quote: “Discrimination is a disease.” Roger Staubach • Begin with: Roger Staubach once said, "Discrimination is a disease." This quote means(in your own words, tell what the statement means.). I (agree/disagree) with the quote because (tell why you agree/disagree) • Read the following thesis statement. • Is this a weak or strong thesis statement? Explain • What do you think an Argumentative paper like this will explain? • Example of an argumentative thesis statement: • High school graduates should be required to take a year off to pursue community service projects before entering college in order to increase their maturity and global awareness.

  2. Name_____________________ In groups, write down on loose leaf the best thesis statementand tell what qualities it has that makes it better than the other. (a) The Hunger Games is a science fiction adventure film based on the novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins.(b) The Hunger Games is a morality tale about the dangers of a political system that is dominated by the wealthy. (a) There is no question that cell phones have changed our lives in a very big way.(b) While cell phones provide freedom and mobility, they can also become a leash, compelling users to answer them anywhere and at any time. (a) Finding a job is never easy, but it can be especially hard when the economy is still feeling the effects of a recession and employers are reluctant to hire new workers.(b) College students looking for part-time work should begin their search by taking advantage of job-finding resources on campus. (a) For the past three decades, coconut oil has been unjustly criticized as an artery-clogging saturated fat.(b) Cooking oil is plant, animal, or synthetic fat that is used in frying, baking, and other types of cooking. (a) There have been over 200 movies about Count Dracula, most of them only very loosely based on the novel published by Bram Stoker in 1897.(b) Despite its title, Bram Stoker's Dracula, a film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, takes considerable liberties with Stoker's novel.

  3. Argumentative Essay: Housing Discrimination • Quotes: Interpret the following quote: “Discrimination is a disease.” Roger Staubach • Begin with: Roger Staubach once said, "Discrimination is a disease." This quote means(in your own words, tell what the statement means.). I (agree/disagree) with the quote because (tell why you agree/disagree) • Read the following thesis statement. • Is this a weak or strong thesis statement? Explain • What do you think an Argumentative paper like this will explain? • Example of an argumentative thesis statement: • High school graduates should be required to take a year off to pursue community service projects before entering college in order to increase their maturity and global awareness.

  4. Characterize the following people in BREATH, EYES, MEMORY (tell what they look like, what they say, how they act, how they effect those around them.) • Chapters 1-2 Evidence page # • Tante Atie • Sophie • Chabin • Monsieur Augustin • Madame Augustin

  5. Identify the following IMAGERY in Chapters 1 and 2 of BREATH, EYES, MEMORY by citing the text. Identify two examples of imagery for each. pages Smell Taste Hear See Feel

  6. My family is my strength and my weakness.” by AishwaryaRaiBachchan • Begin with, AishwaryaRaiBachchan once said, “My family is my strength and my weakness.” This quote means (…). I agree with this quote because (Give an example or examples). • Do now: Interpret the following quote: • “All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves.” By Amelia Barr • Begin with, Amelia Barr once said, “All changes are more or less tinged with melancholy, for what we are leaving behind is part of ourselves.” This quote means (…). I agree with this quote because (Give an example or examples). Have students use context clues to determine the meaning of words in quote • Do Now: Interpret the following quote and give an example of how this quote relates to Tante Atie and Sophie’s relationship. Give examples from the text “Family is not an important thing. It's everything.” Michael J. Fox • Do Now: Interpret the following quote: • Leaving home in a sense involves a kind of second birth in which we give birth to ourselves. By Robert NeellyBellah • Compose 5 questions for Sophie as she is leaving Haiti. • Do Now:  interpret the following quote.  Begin with, Dave Mustaine once said, "  (   ).  This statement means (  ).  I agree with this quote because (  ).  This can relate to Sophie because (  ). • “Moving on, is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard. “ • By Dave Mustaine • Do Now: Interpret the following quote: • Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward. • Maxwell Maltz • Do Now • Interpret the following quote: • “I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then.” By Lewis Carroll • Do Now • “You learned to run from what you feel, and that's why you have nightmares. To deny is to invite madness. To accept is to control.” • What does this quote mean?  How does this quote relate to Sophie's mother?  Explain. Do you agree with this quote?  Why? • ― Megan Chance, The Spiritualist

  7. Study Guide for Breath, Eyes , Memory Chapter 5, pages 32 to 38 22. Why do they travel to Port-au-Prince? What kind of town is it? Is it a real town? 23. What’s happening in Port-au-Prince when they arrive? Why? 24. What does the word Caco, Sophie’s last name, mean in Creole? 25. How does Sophie get to the U.S.? 26. Why is the boy who initially sits next to her so upset and angry? Chapter 7, pages 50 to 56 33. Where is Flatbush Avenue? Is it a real street? 34. Why does Martine tell Sophie that she needs to learn English quickly? 35. What does Martine buy from Jacqueline at the Haitian beauty salon? 36. Who is Marc Chevalier? What does the designation Esquire mean? 37. They go to eat at a Haitian restaurant in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Is this a real place? How far is it from Brooklyn? 38. What happens when they’re in the restaurant? 39. Does Marc like the food? Chapter 6, pages 39 to 49 27. How does Martine’s appearance compare to Atie’s? 28. What is Martine’s economic status? How doe you know? 29. Who’s Lotus and what does she have to do with Atie? 30. Why does Martine keep a doll? 31. When Sophie looks at herself in a picture, what does she notice for the first time? 32. How did Atie explain that Sophie had no father?

  8. Chapter 12, pages 86 to 89 59. How does Sophie treat Joseph? 60. What is the meaning of the butterfly parable? 61. How does Sophie bring an end to her mother’s testing? 62. What does her mother do? 63. What does Sophie then do with Joseph? Chapter 13, pages 93 to 101 64.Where is Sophie, where is she going, and why does she get to sit with the driver? 65. Why might returning Haitians claim they can’t speak Creole? 66. Why does Louise want to sell her pig? For how much? 67. What is Louise to Atie? 68. What does Sophie do in the U.S.? 69. What is Sophie’s full name? How old is she? 70. Why is it significant when Atie says that Brigitte looks more like Martine’s face than Sophie’s? Chapter 14, pages 102 to 105 71. What has Atie learned to do in Sophie’s absence? 72. Has Martine, Sophie’s mother, met Brigitte? 73. What does Ifé mean when she says “that we can visit with all our kin, simply by looking into this face?” Chapter 15, pages 106 to 111 74. Why does Ifé always wear black? 75. How does Ifé feel about Atie’s reading lessons? 76. What poem does Atie recite to Sophie? Why? 77. Why does Sophie wonder if Brigitte will inherit some of her problems?

  9. Chapter 15, pages 106 to 111 74 Why does Ifé always wear black? 75. How does Ifé feel about Atie’s reading lessons? 76. What poem does Atie recite to Sophie? Why? 77. Why does Sophie wonder if Brigitte will inherit some of her problems? Chapter 16, pages 112 to 113 78. What is the significance of Erzulie? 79. What can you discern about customs and the use of remedies? 80. What do you learn about Martine’s disease? Chapter 17, pages 114 to 120 81. What is the maché? 82. What does Louise do? 83. What happens to Dessalines, the coal vendor? 84. What is Ifé hinting at when she talks to Sophie of Atie? 85. What is the significance of the story about the three children? Chapter 18, pages 120 to 126 86. What does Atie have on her calf? What kind of healthcare is there in Dame Marie? 87. What does “Crabs don’t make papayas” mean? 88. What’s the significance of Krik? Krak? 89. What is the meaning of the lark story? 90. Why does Ifé tell scary stories? Chapter 19, pages 127 to 130 91. What are Atie and Louise registering? 92. Why does Ifé object? 93. What does this suggest regarding property ownership? 94. What happened to Sophie after she decided to use the pestle to end the tests? 95. What happens to Eliab’s kite

  10. Chapter 20, pages 131 to 133 96. What does Louise give them? 97. Who does Atie register? 98. What do Atie and Ifé learn from Martine’s cassette about Sophie and Joseph? 99. What does Atie encourage Sophie to do?

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