To prepare for this assignments, read this article on Mexico’s Day of the Dead. HTTP: IMM’w.mexonline.com/day dead.htm (Links to an external site.) After you have read the required article and found an article of your own that concerns the Day of the Dead, I want you to write a five-paragraph essay in this form:
1. An introductory paragraph that will be two sentences long. The first sentence will be your hook. The second will be your a three-point thesis statement as the last sentence. It will be worded like this: From my readings of the Day of the Day the three most significant/interesting things I have learned about this celebration are: , . and
2. The first body paragraph will summarize the content of the article I assigned you to read. No fewer than five sentences.
3. The second body paragraph will summarize the article you found. (No Wikipedia or sites like that!) No fewer than five sentences.
4. The third body paragraph will be a contrast of how the Halloween weekend is celebrated in America as compared to Mexico. No fewer than five sentences.
5. The concluding paragraph will be 2-3 sentences long. I want you to write me a good conclusion on how this story has affected, surprised, or informed you.
