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Parsing the Parts
Kind of Activity:
Individual Writing
Objective:
Students will be able to identify and analyze the similarities and differences between part I and part II of Black Boy. Students will be able to theorize about the rhetorical reasons for those similarities and differences.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3
Structure:
Parts I and II of Black Boy are different for reasons other than their difference in setting. In this activity, students work in pairs of 2 to create Venn diagrams comparing and contrasting “Southern Night” to “The Horror and the Glory.” When making their Venn diagrams, students need to...
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