READING
Writing Your First Draft
In this activity, you'll answer a series of questions about Elie Wiesel's "The Perils of
Indifference." You'll reference the speech directly to describe how its language and
structure contribute to its tone, its overall meaning, and the author's purpose.
The following pages and your writing guide will help you. Be sure to fill in all the
questions in your writing guide; by doing this, you'll have a draft of your assignment
by the end of this activity.
This writing assignment will focus on the following skills:
Examining how an author orders, introduces, and connects ideas
Determining the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text