Day 1

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Lesson Plan

Reading Assignment, Questions, Vocabulary

Read the following: "Introduction," "Notes from a Trip to Russia," and "Poetry is Not a Luxury."

Common Core Objectives

  1. 1

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3.D
    Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.

  2. 2

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9
    Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

  3. 3

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.2
    Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary that makes clear the relationships among the key details and ideas.

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