"Letter from Birmingham Jail"

Good Morning!

Please get your netbook when you arrive and read quietly until the netbook powers up.

*"Letter from Birmingham Jail"  -- You have had three days to read, digest, and annotate this text.  Today I will review the text with you, and you will respond to the following questions (please copy into your ENGLISH JOURNAL):

Questions on "Letter from Birmingham Jail" 

1.  What prompted Martin Luther King to write this letter?

2.  What moral reason does King provide in coming to Birmingham?

3.  How does King respond to the criticism that the demonstrations are not "well-timed"?

4.  Explain what King means by the process of self-purification in a non-violent campaign?

5.  What distinction does King make between just and unjust laws?

6.  Describe King's thoughts on "moderate whites."

7.  What are King's thoughts on being an extremist?

8.  At what point in the letter does King give a strong emotional appeal?

9.  What part in this letter caught your attention?

10. Describe your experience in reading this text.  

(NOTE: Provide space between each question and use a different text color for your answers.

Protests in Birmingham, Alabama 1963

HOMEWORK:   Independent reading/book reviews -- book reviews on Goodreads are due no later than March 7th.