Sept. 11 Writing Activity

Narrative Response: Put yourself in the place of someone who was in New York City or Washington, D.C., on the morning of September 11, 2001. You can write your narrative as a journal entry or as an essay. This can be from the point-of-view of any person that could have been there on that morning. You can write this as if the events have just happened or like it was in the past.  

Your response should be at least three paragraphs. It can, of course, be longer. Take your time with this assignment. Do not make careless errors.

Persuasive Response: Put yourself in the place of a lawmaker at the time of the attacks of 9/11. After the events that have unfolded, write a speech that you will have to give to the public. In this speech, you need to convince the public why it is in the best interest of the nation to either go to war with Afghanistan or why we should not go to war. Set this up like it is a speech; use first-person pronouns and write as if you are speaking to a person.

Your response should be at least three paragraphs. It can, of course, be longer. Take your time with this assignment. Do not make careless errors!