Persuasive Writing in Voice of Freedom: A Story about Frederick Douglass by Maryann N. Weidt
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Theme: |
Persuasive Writing and Biographies
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Grades: |
6 - 8
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Subject: |
Reading and Language Arts
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Duration: |
2–3 class periods
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Standards
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Florida State Learning Standards
- The student will analyze the author’s purpose (e.g. to persuade, inform, entertain, explain) and perspective in a variety of texts and understand how they affect meaning.
- The student will determine the main idea or essential message in grade-level or higher texts through inferring, paraphrasing, summarizing and identifying relevant details.
Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standards.
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Objectives: |
Students will:
- Read/listen to Voice of Freedom: A Story about Frederick Douglass by Maryann N. Weidt.
- Review background information about Frederick Douglass.
- Write a persuasive article similar to the articles written for Douglass’s newspaper, North Star.
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