Found Poem

Essential Question:What motivates people to struggle for change?

Goal: to create a poem based on Douglass' speech

Reading: Finish your book this week. Think of a food that goes with your book.

Agenda:

1. Write about the speech in your English Journal.
2. Forces-Obstacles-Strengthen-Weaken
1. In the 1850s, American society was still very___. But in his speech, Frederick Douglass...There were many forces behind this need for America to change. First of all,... In addition,... That means...Of course, many obstacles stood in the way of the United States achieving racial equality. Douglass points out... Douglass expresses anger at the fact that... In order for change to actually occur, American citizens had to strengthen their belief in ... Moreover, those wanting to drag their feet about change must...However, none of these changes would happen without a struggle. Frederick Douglass was motivated to work for social progress because...

1. Create a Found poem from Douglas' speech. Create a video of the poem using Adobe Spark.
2. Here is the TEXT of the speech so you can copy and paste.

Homework:
1. Finish your book
2. Finish your vocabulary