Objective: Increase your understanding of the context of the reading, "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
Language Objective:
1. Read your copy of "White clergymen urge local Negroes to withdraw from demonstrations"
from the archives of the Birmingham City Library:
http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p4017coll2/id/746
http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4017coll2/id/746/rec/1
* print copies available on handout counter
2. View & take notes about this background information: http://youtu.be/XIpfCVt2eb4
Objective: To model further analysis ("deconstruction") of a text in preparation for next assessment.
Language Objective: Expect Q & A (aka "Socratic Seminar") over "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" about your analysis of the sentences and the words themselves. Be ready for this GRADED* verbal demonstration of your research and understanding.
*on the basis of the depth and initiative displayed in your overall contribution to the discourse.
