Homework: Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s
homework.
Topic: Our theme this month is Nation of Diversity. In addition
to reading Night, we have also been discussing diversity in America. Today we discussed how diversity makes our
country stronger.
*Salad is always falling apart, and you can almost never get
all of the ingredients, in just the right proportions, into your mouth at the
same time. Imagine the oversized modern salad bar, with multiple kinds of
lettuces and vegetables, but also seeds and nuts, tuna salad, slices of chicken
or ham, bean salad, hard-boiled eggs, crackers and popcorn, along with choice
of soup and dessert. It misses what is cohesive and distinctive about America
to see the country as a long buffet of ingredients, which we all choose to
exclude or include according to our transient appetites of day.
My own suggestion is that America is chocolate fondue. Our
different cultural and ethnic backgrounds are the strawberries, pineapple, and
cherries, the graham crackers and cookies, the pound cake and brownies, the
rice crispy treats and marshmallows, the popcorn and the peppermint sticks.
Then we are dipped in America. We swim in America. We are coated in America.
Because Americans can and do come from all ethnicities and races, we all look
like Americans.
Task:
Which metaphor do you think describes America best: A salad
bowl or chocolate fondue. State your opinion first. Then state two reasons to
support your opinion.
**Salad is always falling apart, and you can almost never
get all of the ingredients…into your mouth at the same time. Imagine the
oversized modern salad bar, with multiple kinds of lettuces and vegetables, but
also seeds and nuts… along with choice of soup and dessert.
It misses what is …distinctive about America to see the
country as a long buffet of ingredients…to exclude or include according to our
transient appetites of day.
…America is chocolate fondue. Our different cultural and
ethnic backgrounds are the strawberries, pineapple, and cherries… and cookies,
the pound cake and brownies, … popcorn and the peppermint sticks. Then we are
dipped in America. We swim in America. We are coated in America. Because
Americans can and do come from all ethnicities and races, we all look like
Americans.
Task:
Do you agree or disagree with this statement: “Because
Americans can and do come from all ethnicities and races, we all look like
Americans.”
Write at least 3-4 sentences. State your opinion. Give one
reason why you don’t agree, Then 2 reason why you agree.
***Salad is always falling apart, and you can almost never
get all of the ingredients…into your mouth at the same time. Imagine the…modern
salad bar, with multiple kinds of lettuces and vegetables, but also seeds and
nuts, tuna salad, slices of chicken or ham….along with choice of soup and
dessert. It misses what is …distinctive about America to see the country as a long buffet of ingredients…
…America is chocolate fondue. Our different cultural and
ethnic backgrounds are the strawberries, pineapple, and cherries, the graham
crackers and cookies…the popcorn and the peppermint sticks. Then we are dipped
in America. We swim in America. …. Because Americans can and do come from all
ethnicities and races, we all look like Americans.
Task:
1.List one problem with salads.
2.What is wrong with seeing America as a long buffet of ingredients?
3.According to the author, what is America?
4. Do you agree with the author? Explain why.
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