ELA.7.R.3.4

This is the final lesson, which is a culminating activity, and will focus on a combination of parts from the unit series. This lesson will assist students in determining the two main themes of A Long Walk to Water by analyzing important symbols and events related to the United States’ involvement in international conflicts.

This resource uses a book that is on the Florida Department of Education's reading list. This book is not provided with this resource.

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In this lesson, students will read two poems on the subject of women’s suffrage but from opposing viewpoints. They will identify and explain how the rhetorical devices in the texts support the authors' perspectives.

There are three lessons that can be used to complement a study of Women's Suffrage texts and help students take a new perspective by merging ELA skills with civics knowledge.

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Students will be doing a close read of Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s speech, "The Destructive Male." Students will be annotating the text along with answering questions that will lead them to a deeper understanding of women’s suffrage and the importance of the 19^th Amendment.

There are three lessons that can be used to complement a study of Women's Suffrage texts and help students take a new perspective by merging ELA skills with civics knowledge.

This resource uses a text that is on the Florida Department of Education's reading list.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson plan, students will identify rhetorical questioning and imagery in “Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death,” then analyze the effect of those devices on the meaning of the text.

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President Ronald Reagan's Inaugural Address

In this lesson, students will read former President Ronald Reagan’s Inaugural Address to identify two rhetorical devices, imagery and rhetorical question. Students will explain how these rhetorical devices are used strategically to support and achieve the purpose of his speech.

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After close readings of Douglass’ speech from Chapter 10 and the 13th-15th amendments, students will respond to text dependent questions and consider how the changes brought by the amendments impacted Douglass’ life in this integrated lesson plan.

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In this lesson, students will read a speech by civil rights advocate Florence Kelley (1905) addressing child labor laws. They will analyze how Kelley achieves her purpose through the use of two specific rhetorical devices—rhetorical questioning and imagery. Students will learn about each of these devices, in addition to background information on Florence Kelley, women's suffrage, and the child labor laws of the early 1900s. Students will read the text and identify Kelley's use of both imagery and rhetorical questions. Lastly, students will answer text-depenent questions to demonstrate their comprehension and analysis. 

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This teaching resource provides the tools to help students analyze the use of rhetorical devices in the historical American speech by Judge Learned Hand, “The Spirit of Liberty.” Delivered in 1944 during the height of WWII, Judge Hand delivers a powerful message about the true essence of liberty through his use of two rhetorical devices—anaphora and rhetorical questions. Students will analyze his use of these rhetorical devices to better understand their meaning and significance.

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