Literature+Analysis+Activity

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//High School Grade Level Activity//

__CCSS:__ [|__CCSS.ELA-Reading -RL.9-10.2 _] Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. [|__CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.1__] Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

__TEXTS TO BE USED:__ (click on link to go to text)

1a. [|I Have a Dream By Rev. Martin Luther King (1963)]-pdf 1b. [| I Have a Dream By Rev. Martin Luther King (1963)] - audio

2a. [|Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln(1863)]-pdf 2b. [|Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln (1863)] - audio

__Task:__ Analyze informational text then create an essay with substantial textual evidence supporting a theme.

__Writing Prompt:__ __A Text Structure to Guide Your Writing:__
 * In reviewing the themes present from both texts, what is one overarching theme that relates to our civil rights? Provide several examples of how this theme relates to our civil rights and how have these rights changed over the course of time.**
 * 1) Begin by reading //“I Have a Dream”// speech by Martin Luther King
 * 2) List the various themes on a graphic organizer to support the central idea
 * 3) Read aloud //“Gettysburg Address”// by Abraham Lincoln.
 * 4) List the various themes on a graphic organizer to support the central idea.
 * 5) Now listen to each text a second time and complete a graphic organizer with the strongest evidence linking the overarching central theme of both texts. //(Look to resources for these materials)//
 * 6) Write a short response arguing the three(3) strongest details to support the central idea of the two texts presented.

//Essay Framework:// 1. Introduction - Sentence introducing the prompt, thesis (see guide for writing thesis statement below in resources ), and a hook. 2. Idea #1-An example statement to support the thesis with textual evidence 3. Idea #2-A second example to support the thesis with textual evidence 4. Idea #3-A third example to support the thesis with textual evidence 5. Conclusion- Restate your thesis. Make a statement with an important take away idea from your essay.

__ASSESSMENT__ Here is the rubric we will use to analysis your writing: [|Literature Rubric]

__Resources:__ [|MLA guide]- MLA format is the writing guide we emulate here at LMA. Here is a link for guidance to the techniques.

Essay Writing Mapping- Here you will find a wealth of support to organize and map your writing of an essay

- Graphic organizer when comparing and contrasting the texts given.

- Thesis statement is one of the most important parts of an essay -Transitional words and phrases helps the reader navigate effortlessly through a text thus focusing on the content with ease.

Mentor text-[|Literary analysis using Fiction]

Finver's Muse- Here we will write together an essay in class