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I Hear the Wail of MIllions - Close Reading
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I Hear the Wail of MIllions - Close Reading

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Grade Level Grades 9-12
Resource Type Lesson Plan
Standards Alignment
Common Core State Standards
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In this lesson students determine the purpose and the structure of argument in Frederick Douglass’s ‘I hear the mournful wail of millions’. There is an emphasis on analyzing the language choices and citing evidence from the text. Aligned to Common Core State Standards: RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.6

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Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.

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