Compare and Contrast....

Essay number one of three for this class.
We have gone over a lot of materials relating to Activism and Dreams:

Information on Martin Luther King:
Five-Part Bio of Martin Luther King, Jr. 
Martin Luther King's I have a Dream Speech

Songs:
Common's Dream Lyrics 
Stevie Wonder's Hold on to your Dream 

Poems:
Three Poems

There are also YouTubes and further information online about all of these.

Your mission:
You will write a draft paper on your blog by Tuesday's class. (Click "new post" on the upper right of YOUR blog.)

Compare and contrast some aspect of these things.  For example:
The two songs:  What different aspects do you like about them?
MLK and Stevie:  Very different people, but both activists.  How is their activism the same/different?
The two poets:  Compare two of the poems, or compare a poem with MLK's speech.  What things do you find similar? Different?

Remember:

• You can use your handout to help you think about the language they all used, if you want to.
• You can easily edit your blog post as many times as you want.
• You can use visuals and videos.
• This is a draft. You will be making changes and improvements next week.
• You can go rogue and write about how one of these topics compares/contrasts to YOU.

Tools to help you:
Five Paragraph Essay Outline
Writing a Comparison and Contrast Essay

Higher level students who will be getting high school credit for this class: Please write a 5-paragraph essay.
Mid-level students: Please write 3 paragraphs
Developing writers: Please write a paragraph about one of the things from the list above (MLK, or a poem, or a song, etc.)

This weekend, you can also work on your blog design and write other posts, too!! We are only using blogs for this because we don't have access to Canvas yet.
I look forward to reading your essays!