Description
In this lesson, students read and analyze paragraphs 1–5 of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” in which King explains why he is in Birmingham and why he believes the demonstrations are necessary. Students engage in small group discussions to analyze how King unfolds his reasons for being in Birmingham. To support their analysis, students analyze the impact of King’s figurative language and word choices. The lesson culminates in a Quick Write about how King develops his reasons for being in Birmingham.
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Bilingual Language Progressions
These resources, developed by the New York State Education Department, provide standard-level scaffolding suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs) to help them meet grade-level demands. Each resource contains scaffolds at multiple levels of language acquisition and describes the linguistic demands of the standards to help ELA teachers as well as ESL/bilingual teachers scaffold content for their English learning students.
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From EngageNY.org of the New York State Education Department. Grade 10 ELA Module 2, Unit 1, Lesson 2.
Available from engageny.org/resource/grade-10-ela-module-2-unit-1-lesson-2; accessed 2015-05-29.
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