Learning Target: I can identify King's arguments as well as the rhetorical elements and strategies he employs to achieve his purposes.

Overview of Social Justice Unit

Activity 1: What do you know about the Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King?

Activity 2: Begin reading and annotating the Public Statement by Eight Alabama Clergymen

Homework: Read and annotate paragraphs 1-15 MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail  

Annotate for King's arguments and points as well as the rhetorical strategies and elements he employs to achieve those strategies.

Monday: In-class rhetorical analysis essay for Letter from Birmingham Jail