Objectives: Students will analyze and evaluate setting, character development, and figurative language in "How It Feels to Be Colored Me."
SWBAT: Analyze how setting relates to conflict, character development, and the effectiveness of figurative language in a nonfiction essay. Students will be able to use specific examples from the essay to answer questions about the essay.
Do Now:
Take an index card.
On the index card, answer the following question in 2-3 sentences:
Where are you from? What does this say about who you are as a person?
Class activity:
"How It Feels to Be Colored Me” question part 2