Farewell to Manzanar
Extra Credit
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After reading Farewell to Manzanar about the difficulty of Japanese American
that lived in internment camps, write a letter to President Roosevelt
discussing reasons for releasing the prisoners.
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This is to be a persuasive letter in which you are trying to get President
Roosevelt to understand how difficult it is to live in an internment camp.
Paragraph #1 – Introduction
o Introduce yourself.
o Introduce your purpose for writing.
o Introduce your three reasons for wanting President Roosevelt to
release the Japanese Americans
Paragraphs 2 – 4 - Body
o Explain your three reasons for wanting President Roosevelt to
release the Japanese Americans
o Use specific information from the novel
Paragraph 5 – Conclusion
o Restate your purpose
o Rephrase your reasons
o Make one last plea for change
Typed in MLA format
Due Monday, May 21, 2007