Description
In this lesson, the Mid-Unit Assessment, students use textual evidence from “Of Our Spiritual Strivings” by W.E.B. Du Bois to craft a formal, multi-paragraph essay in response to the following prompt: Identify a central idea in “Of Our Spiritual Strivings” and analyze how Du Bois uses figurative language or rhetoric to develop this central idea.
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Bilingual Language Progressions
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From EngageNY.org of the New York State Education Department. Grade 11 ELA Module 2, Unit 1, Lesson 17.
Available from engageny.org/resource/grade-11-ela-module-2-unit-1-lesson-17; accessed 2015-05-29.
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