You will write a topic sentence in response to the following prompt: Identify a theme or message of this chapter of War of the Worlds.
(The chapter is located on slide 5 of lesson 1.06 Theme)
Remember, theme is what the author is saying about life or people. It is the message that authors want
their readers to learn.
Please review the rubric below before submitting!!
Lesson 01.06B

In the poem "we wear the mask," paul laurence dunbar voices his repressed anger and frustration toward american society. he repeats the title phrase three times in the poem, using the words mask and we to show that the first use of the phrase is matter-of-fact. in the second stanza, the statement is followed by a period, which shows resignation. however, at the end of the poem, dunbar almost shouts the phrase defiantly. the mask seems to become something he wears proudly. through this gradual emphasis on the phrase, dunbar could be implying that

In one sentence of approximately 15 to 25 words, write the main idea that thomas paine wants to convert to all the readers of the declaration of independence

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.