TMP English

Week 2, 3 and 4 - English 2 
Week 2  Assignments:  
          1. Gettysburg and Martin Luther King.  Compare speeches.
           2. Investigate Lincolns Place in History
Week 3  Assignments:
       1. The Power of Words.  Find a speech and analyze it using this rubric
        2. Gettysburg Address Essay rubric
        3. Short Answer Questions on the Gettysburg Address
        4. Self Portrait analysis  - view the complete power point to see the assignment on the last slide.
Week 4 Assignments:
       1. Frederick Douglass vocabulary words and his essay "Learning to Read and Write"
       2. Douglass essay  due February 18th.

You can read a copy of Douglass' essay.  It is the PDF called Douglass Reading and Writing

We will be working with the text by Frederick Douglass "Learning to Read and Write"  Read the text.  We will prepare a document based on a thesis statement.  You will create the thesis statement and provide supporting facts from the text to support your essay. Most of the work will be done in class.