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Mid-Unit Assessment: How Chávez Develops His Claims in the Commonwealth Club Address

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This Mid-Unit Assessment: How Chávez Develops His Claims in the Commonwealth Club Address lesson plan also includes:

Full Grade 7 ELA Module 2a (.pdf)
Full Grade 7 ELA Module 2a Updates: June 2015 (.pdf)
Full Grade 7 ELA Module 2a, Unit 2 (.pdf)
Grade 7 ELA Module 2a: Unit 2, Lesson 5 (.html)
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Scholars complete a mid-unit 2 assessment, analyzing how César Chávez supports his claims in his 1984 speech, "Address to the Commonwealth Club of California." Learners focus on paragraphs 18 and 19 of the speech, answering text-based questions about Chávez's point of view as well as his main idea.

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Concepts

labor unions, working conditions, migrant workers, cesar chavez, persuasive speeches

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english language arts

Instructional Ideas

Pre-teach vocabulary terms such as cruel hoax and peon that pupils may not be familiar with

Classroom Considerations

Lesson five of eight from the Grade 7 ELA Module 2a, Unit 2 series
Requires students' annotated copies of Chávez's speech from previous lessons

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Provides an answer key for easy grading
Offers differentiation strategies

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