Objective:  I can find the writer’s claim for “In Perspective:  Confronting our racial history with ‘The Help’.”

BW:  As you view the video by the writer Desiree Cooper, restate the anecdote(little story) that she uses to support her main point or claim.(3-4 sentences).

Activities:

1. Share Out:  What is the anecdote?
2. TBA
3. Think Pair/Share:  Turn the title of Cooper’s essay into a question and answer it to find the author’s claim. Desiree Cooper’s Essay about The Help
4. HW:  Box the anecdote; circle and define roadblocks; underline the claim sentence(s); write the question and restate the author’s claim in your own words at the top of the handout. (Due tomorrow at the beginning of the hour.)