Description
In this lesson, students read and analyze paragraphs 16–18 of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” in which King defines unjust laws and demonstrates the importance of civil disobedience. In this lesson students analyze these paragraphs through the lens of rhetoric, determining King’s purpose and analyzing his use of rhetoric to further that purpose. The lesson ends with a Quick Write on the following prompt: Determine King’s purpose in paragraphs 16–18 and analyze how he uses rhetoric to advance that purpose.
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From EngageNY.org of the New York State Education Department. Grade 10 ELA Module 2, Unit 1, Lesson 8.
Available from engageny.org/resource/grade-10-ela-module-2-unit-1-lesson-8; accessed 2015-05-29.
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