Directions: Read both articles on this worksheet and complete both tasks. Task One: Fill out the Compare and Contrast Chart.
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Task Two: Complete the paragraph on tone.
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Number the events to show the order in which they occur. use 1 for the first event. luma offers to meet jeremiah’s mom and drive jeremiah to and from practice. jeremiah tries out for the soccer team. jeremiah is not allowed to play soccer because his mother does not want him around strangers. jeremiah makes the team. jeremiah’s mother agrees to the plan.

Read the passage. the dust bowl during the 1930s, extreme drought and high winds made life incredibly difficult in the great plains region of the united states. in many areas, rainfall was forty percent less than normal. the soil became extremely dry, and when strong winds blew, they created tremendous dust storms. these so-called “black blizzards” were so thick that they made daylight seem like dusk. during this terrible period, the great plains region of the united states was named the “dust bowl.” over the next few years, the drought continued, and the winds created more dust storms. in some places, the drought and high winds lasted for eight years. many people wondered if the black blizzards would ever end. which statement about this paragraph’s main idea is true? this paragraph’s main idea is stated in the topic sentence. there are not enough details to support the main idea. this paragraph’s main idea is implied. this paragraph does not express a main idea.

Annotate the following passage from franklin d roosevelt's inaugural address. be sure and include the following: a title that summarizes the passage notes in the margin or below the paragraph, perhaps including questions to which you'd like answers question marks or asterisks marking important information the underlining of important information any other marks or notes to you understand the passage in such a spirit on my part and on yours we face our common difficulties. they concern, god, only material things. values have shrunken to fantastic levels; taxes have risen; our ability to pay has fallen; government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income; the means of exchange are frozen in the currents of trade; the withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side; farmers find no markets for their produce; the savings of many years in thousands of families are gone.