Lesson Plan

Grade 12 ELA Module 1: Unit 1, Lesson 14

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As a mid-unit assessment, individuals craft an in-class, formal essay response to a prompt that asks them to use textual evidence to identify Haley's purpose, as well as analyze how the structure, style, and content contribute to the first 11 chapters of The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

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CCSS: Designed
Instructional Ideas
  • Encourage writers to use their worksheets to supply textual evidence for their essays
Classroom Considerations
  • The 14th in a 28-lesson unit on narrative writing that uses The Autobiography of Malcolm X as an anchor text and as a model for the personal narrative required on the college Common Application
  • The exercise presumes class members have experience writing timed essays
Pros
  • The 12-page packet includes the writing prompt, the essay rubric, and models of high-performance responses
  • Common Core designed
Cons
  • The writing prompt presumes class members have experience using textual evidence to support a claim