ELL English

The purpose of this assignment is to practice important writing and

thinking skills to synthesize all the information you have gained about
Jim Crow laws and The Great Migration.

successful essay will meet each of these standards!

"egin with an introduction
#ave a clear thesis
o E$ample! %John Jones would be &&&& and &&&& about life for
frican'mericans in the north after The Great
Migration.
(nclude specific e$amples from both) %*f the Coming of John)+
and %The Great Migration+ ,or the Goin to Chicago video-.
(nclude analysis! the writer must e$plain .#/ the character
would feel as the writer says he would
Justify analysis with evidence from the te$t ,story) chapter)
video-
0se transition words to connect ideas
End with a conclusion


E$ample "ody 1aragraph!

.. E. ". 2u"ois must have been pleased with some parts of life for
frican'mericans after the Great Migration. .hen frican'mericans
left the south to live in northern cities) they had more 3ob opportunities.
4actories needed workers to replace the men who had left to fight
.orld .ar (. These 3obs allowed frican'mericans to be more
independent and secure than they had been in the south) and that
change would have made 2u"ois happy. (n his story) %*f the Coming of
John)+ ll of the frican'merican characters in the story worked for
white people. 5one of them had real opportunity. Their stories are sad
because 2u"ois wanted to show the problems with segregation. Thus)
readers can conclude that 2u"ois would have been pleased by the
economic changes.

To .rite a "ody 1aragraph!

a- Topic sentence that identifies *5E reaction the character would
have. ,frustrated) pleased) disappointed) angry-
b- E$amples from The Great Migration or Goin to Chicago that would
cause that reaction
c- 6entences that e$plain .#/ the character would feel that way
d- Evidence from) %*f the Coming of John+ that shows how you know
the character would feel that way.
e- Concluding sentence that repeats how the character would have
felt


To 7ead a "ody 1aragraph!

6tudent 5ame!
Character
,John Jones or
the Judge-


7eaction
,angry) sad)
content8-


E$amples a-


b-


(n your own
words) why
would the
character react
that way9

#ow does the
writer know the
character would
react that way9







6tudent 5ame!
Character
,John Jones or the
Judge-


7eaction
,angry) sad)
content8-


E$amples a-


b-


(n your own words)
why would the
character react that
way9

#ow does the
writer know the
character would
react that way9





Character
,John Jones or the
Judge-


7eaction
,angry) sad)
content8-


E$amples a-


b-


(n your own words)
why would the
character react that
way9

#ow does the
writer know the
character would
react that way9