No Series: Author's Purpose: Analyzing & Adapting Texts

ELA.RI.11-12.2

Common core State Standards

  • ELA:  English Language Arts
  • RI:  Reading Standards for Informational Text 6-12
  • 11-12:  11th & 12th Grades
  • 2: 
    Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development
    over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another
    to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.

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ELA.RI.11-12.6

Common core State Standards

  • ELA:  English Language Arts
  • RI:  Reading Standards for Informational Text 6-12
  • 11-12:  11th & 12th Grades
  • 6: 
    Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is
    particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power,
    persuasiveness, or beauty of the text.

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Author's Purpose: Analyzing & Adapting Texts

Lesson Objective: Analyze a speech and use its themes to develop and deliver a choral reading
Grades 9-12 / ELA / Analysis
10 MIN
ELA.RI.11-12.2 | ELA.RI.11-12.6

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Discussion and Supporting Materials

Thought starters

  1. How does Mr. McComb scaffold instruction to build students' understanding of the text?
  2. What role does modeling play in this lesson?
  3. How does Mr. McComb use the write-like, blank verse, and choral reading to make the text relevant to students?

11 Comments

  • Private message to Kelera Tuvou

Kelera Tuvou Sep 21, 2021 3:42pm

I liked the way he provided scaffolding in the lesson. Modelling before independent work and feedback.

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  • Private message to Cynthia Leland

Cynthia Leland May 12, 2021 1:26pm

I loved this lesson.  The way he scaffolded it was to break it into 3 sections.  He started off by modeling for the students the first section.  He also gave each student a voice in the lesson.  

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  • Private message to jonmarie compton

jonmarie compton Dec 10, 2017 5:19am

I Love this lesson!.It is not only inspirational but covers the necessities of reading ,writing,speaking in groups ,and a lead in for public speeches . Thank you!
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Sherri Devine Jun 20, 2016 3:26pm

@Beth, Hi again. This is the same slight glitch you reported on another video (thank you!); the supporting materials urls should be fixed now. I've been able to get to the pdfs without any problems. Please let us know if you're still having issues with access. Thanks for your patience!
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Beth Knight Jun 19, 2016 10:14pm

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