Unit 2 Anchor Texts
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I Have a Dream
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Concept Vocabulary
prosperity
hallowed
tribulations
redemptive
oppression
exalted
Skill Vocabulary
persuasive speech
rhetorical devices
parallellism
repetition
analogy
charged language
Analyze Craft & Structure
Analyze Craft & Structure
Focus: Argument
Standard(s)
🔍 9-10.R.5 Cite relevant textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as what inferences can be drawn from the text, including identifying where the text implies ambiguity.
🔍 9-10.R.11 Analyze how an author’s geographic location, identity or background, culture, and time period affect the perspective, point of view, purpose, and implicit/explicit messages of a text.
🔍 9-10.R.14 Analyze how two or more texts about the same topic shape their presentations by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts; identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
Supports/Resources
Sharing Perspectives Discussion Prompts
Mini Lessons: Teaching Rhetoric in Writing & Speaking
Word Study
Word Study
Focus: Patterns of Word Changes
Standard(s)
9-10.R.9 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Supports/Resources
Conventions
Conventions
Focus: Parallel Structure
Support/Resources
Letter from Birmingham Jail
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Concept Vocabulary
idly
postpone
stagnation
complacency
yearning
languished
Skill Vocabulary
persuasive essay
rhetorical devices
antithesis
allusion
rhetorical questions
logical appeal
emotional appeal
occasion
audience
Analyze Craft & Structure
Analyze Craft & Structure
Focus: Argument
Standard(s)
🔍 9-10.R.5 Cite relevant textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as what inferences can be drawn from the text, including identifying where the text implies ambiguity.
🔍 9-10.RI.7 Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events through comparisons, analogies, or categories.
🔍 9-10.R.14 Analyze how two or more texts about the same topic shape their presentations by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts; identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
Supports/Resources
Sharing Perspectives Discussion Prompts
Nearpod Lesson: Letter from Birmingham Jail
Nearpod Assessment: Letter from Birmingham Jail
Word Study
Word Study
Focus: Latin Root: -plac-
Standard(s)
9-10.R.9 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Supports/Resources
Conventions
Conventions
Focus: Relative Clauses
Support/Resources
*key words: relative clause, relative pronoun
💡Writing to Compare
💡Writing to Compare
💡 Teacher Tip: You may decide to use this writing task instead of the Performance Task as your extended/process writing. If not, keep this writing task brief (1-2 paragraphs, using the RACE Writing strategy).
Focus: Informative
Standard(s)
🔍 9-10.W.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey related ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content, and provide a conclusion that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
🔍 9-10.W.4 Conduct more sustained research projects to craft an argument, answer a question, or provide an analysis.
Supports/Resources
*key words: logical appeal (logos), emotional appeal (pathos), occasion, audience, point-by-point organization, block organization
Supplementary Text
Remarks on the Assassination of MLK Jr.
Remarks on the Assassination of MLK Jr.
Vocabulary
oratory
delivery
gesture
cadence
Activities
Media Vocabulary
Analyze the Media
Writing to Sources: Newspaper Report
Speaking & Listening: Newscast
Standard(s)
🔍 9-10.W.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey related ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content, and provide a conclusion that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
9-10.SL.3 Use appropriate language, grammar, organization, development, and delivery styles appropriate to purpose and audience for formal or informal contexts.
a. Convey a clear perspective by concisely presenting and citing information, findings, and supporting evidence so that listeners can follow the line of reasoning.
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