Rhetorical Situation of Ain't I a Woman-Sojourner Truth

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Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Topic

Rights & Activism

Essential Question

What is the relationship between the author and the audience?
What prompted Sojourner Truth to Speak?
What is her message?
Describe the tone that she uses with evidence from the text to support.

Texts

Informational

Ain’t I a Woman?

Sojourner Truth delivered this speech at the 1851 Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. Born into slavery, Truth is widely known for her abolition and women’s rights work. Two versions of this speech are included.

Sojourner Truth

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Subject

History

Topic

Class Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

July 2, 2014

Teaching Strategies

Close and Critical Reading

Annolighting

“Annolighting” (annotating and highlighting) shows students how to identify critical information in a text during close reading. Students learn to annotate text, highlight important facts and summarize what they have read to capture main ideas, concepts and details.

Grade Level

3-5

CCSS

RL.3-5.2, RI.3-5.2, RL.3-5.4, RI.3-5.4, RL.3.5, RI.3.5, L.3-5.4

July 19, 2014

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