Ancestor Performance Task I
For this performance task, you will be writing a 300-600 word narrative describing traveling
through time to visit an Ancestor. Here are some instructions for your narrative:
Narrative must be in first person from the point of view of yourself.
Narrative should be about what you and the ancestor would do if you could spend some
time together in the time period from which they are from. Where would they take you?
What would they want you to see?
You must also complete accompanying "bone structure" assignment with your
narrative to show your understanding of characterization.
To do a good job on this assignment, you will need to
Show through your writing how your ancestor's time period would influence the way they
would speak and act.
Clearly identify the time period and place in which your ancestor comes from.
Clearly describe the historical context and historical events that have affected the life of
your ancestor character.
Polished and paid careful attention to editing and revising my narrative to make my ideas
easy to follow.

people like to have their own way

d) the narrator even suggested that the white whale, moby d, was ubiquitous and present in every ocean at every moment.  

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

im not to sure