Tuesday, 2/1/00
All of today's work should go on a separate sheet of paper, and all words count toward your 600 words.
A. Writing Warm Up Ideas (Write for 10-15 minutes)

B. Video Prewriting:(5 minutes) Respond to the questions below
"Friends and others"
  1. From the list below pick five of the qualities that you look for most when deciding on a friend: Why those qualities?
· the way they dress
· their grades in school
· what they do for fun
· their athletic ability
· how much money they have to spend
· the way they look
· their sense of humor
· where they live
· the way they talk
· how they treat people outside their group
· other qualities?
· where they hang out
· who they hang out with

2. Give an example of a friend of yours and the qualities that make this person your friend.
3. Would you be willing to change anything about yourself in order to join a particular group? Why? What would you be willing to change?
4. What does the word "prejudice" mean?

 After "Names can Hurt" video. (24 minutes)
(if time...)
1. What is the analogy of the "melting pot"?
2. What causes prejudice? Ignorance? Revenge? Jealousy?
3. Should we have "race education"?