research paper
Novel Assessment
Ninth Ward
Demar Gilliard
English 1
Ms. Vaught
I chose this image because Hurricane Katrina was very important in the book. It killed and wiped out people homes and dreams. When Hurricane Katrina finally hit Louisiana, a lot people thought it was going be ok to stay, but the outcome was more then what they expect.
Summary
Twelve year old Lanesha lives in tight-knit community in New Orleans Ninth Ward. She doesn’t have a fancy house. She live with mama Ya-Ya. She can see ghost and is very special. Mama Ya-Ya saw Katrina in her dreams. So Lanesha and she prepared for the hurricane like everyone else. Sadly, Mama Ya-Ya die during the hurricane and Lanesha, her Neighbor and dog spot survived.
Text-To-Text
Ninth Ward Compares to Noah and the Ark. When God flooded the earth and most of everything was covered by water. Noah and his family had to survive and Lanehsa and TaShon had to survive and Katrina flood most of everything.
Text-To-Self
This book relates to me is my parents being pastors, they can see the future and spirits. It is a good and bad thing for me.
Text-To-World
NEW ORLEANS — Some New Orleans residents and city officials are pushing back against tour operators who bus out-of-towners into the city's Lower 9th Ward, where Hurricane Katrina unleashed a wall of water that pushed homes off foundations and stranded residents on rooftops when the levees failed.
About 9 million people visit New Orleans each year, mostly to see its stately homes along oak-lined avenues, dine at its renowned restaurants and take in the jazz and ribaldry of Bourbon Street. But Katrina's devastation in August 2005 unleashed an unexpected cottage tourism industry, drawing a daily parade of rubbernecking tourists for a close-up look at the city's hard-hit Lower 9th Ward.
Worried that a flood of tour buses and vans would interfere with clean-up efforts, the City Council approved an ordinance in 2006 banning them from crossing the prominent
Ninth Ward
Demar Gilliard
English 1
Ms. Vaught
I chose this image because Hurricane Katrina was very important in the book. It killed and wiped out people homes and dreams. When Hurricane Katrina finally hit Louisiana, a lot people thought it was going be ok to stay, but the outcome was more then what they expect.
Summary
Twelve year old Lanesha lives in tight-knit community in New Orleans Ninth Ward. She doesn’t have a fancy house. She live with mama Ya-Ya. She can see ghost and is very special. Mama Ya-Ya saw Katrina in her dreams. So Lanesha and she prepared for the hurricane like everyone else. Sadly, Mama Ya-Ya die during the hurricane and Lanesha, her Neighbor and dog spot survived.
Text-To-Text
Ninth Ward Compares to Noah and the Ark. When God flooded the earth and most of everything was covered by water. Noah and his family had to survive and Lanehsa and TaShon had to survive and Katrina flood most of everything.
Text-To-Self
This book relates to me is my parents being pastors, they can see the future and spirits. It is a good and bad thing for me.
Text-To-World
NEW ORLEANS — Some New Orleans residents and city officials are pushing back against tour operators who bus out-of-towners into the city's Lower 9th Ward, where Hurricane Katrina unleashed a wall of water that pushed homes off foundations and stranded residents on rooftops when the levees failed.
About 9 million people visit New Orleans each year, mostly to see its stately homes along oak-lined avenues, dine at its renowned restaurants and take in the jazz and ribaldry of Bourbon Street. But Katrina's devastation in August 2005 unleashed an unexpected cottage tourism industry, drawing a daily parade of rubbernecking tourists for a close-up look at the city's hard-hit Lower 9th Ward.
Worried that a flood of tour buses and vans would interfere with clean-up efforts, the City Council approved an ordinance in 2006 banning them from crossing the prominent