Description
Sojourner Truth was an African American abolitionist and women’s rights activist in the 19th century. Her most memorable speech is titled “Ain’t I A Woman?” where she advocated for the equal rights of women in America. This is a great lesson for Women’s History Month!
This lesson includes:
- Brief background information: Who is Sojourner Truth?
- Ain’t I A Woman? Speech, Delivered 1851 Women’s Rights Convention, Akron, Ohio
- Close Reading Questions Multiple Choice with Answer Key
- Tone
- Vocabulary from the passage using context clues
- Idiom
- Metaphor
- Two-part questions requiring evidence from the passage
- Ten Open-ended questions that use the RAFT and PIE strategy when studying informational, nonfiction texts with Answer Key
- RAFT (Role, Audience, Format, Topic)
- Author’s Purpose (PIEE = Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Express)
- Main Idea
- Rhetorical strategies and text structure
*PDF (Ready to Print) and Word Document (Editable) copies are both included.
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