Module · Grade 11 · English Language Arts

Founding Documents and Rhetoric

Analyze 17th-19th century US documents and their premises.

Grade: Grade 11
Subject: English Language Arts
Course: English Language Arts
Strand: Reading Informational Text
Standards: RI.11-12.8 RI.11-12.9
CCSS-ELA

Tools

1 on the bench, not built yet.

Grade 11 · English Language Arts · Explorer

Premise Inspector

Analyze the premises and reasoning in founding documents and later responses to them.

Word Wall

6 words in English and Spanish: premise, Federalist Papers, anaphora, appeal, jeremiad, purpose. Print them as wall cards, mini cards or a student glossary.

Print the words

Family Game Night

Games to send home: one printed page, 15 to 20 minutes, with paper, cards, dice or things around the house. English and Spanish.

Founding Words Remix2-4 players · 20 minutes · the Declaration of Independence or the Preamble, on paper or a phone, paper, pencils