Consider the poem we read in class today -- "Speak Up" by Janet S. Wong -- and explore one of these ideas. Your response must be at least 250 words long and be thoughtful and well organized and follow the formatting guidelines. Please save the document in your online "Writer's Notebook" and print a copy to turn in, as well.
1) Write about a time when you were insensitive to someone who was "different." How was that person "different" in your eyes? Or perhaps it was a time when you witnessed such treatment. Or was there a time when you were on the receiving end of insensitivity because you were "different"? Consider why you were perceived as different in that situation.
2) What should the U.S.'s immigration policy be? Let everyone in (we are, after all, the "melting pot")? Send all "foreigners" back to where they came from?
3) "Speak Up" poses an interesting question: just what does make someone an American? Is it something you can see? Is it about where you were born? Is it about where your ancestors came from? Is it about what you can contribute to your country?
4) Does speaker 2 want to be invisible in a way? Have you ever wanted to be invisible? Why? You can write about a time and how you coped with the situation.
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