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aCTIvITy 3.17
a Long Walk to peace
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LearNING STraTeGIeS:
KWHL, Marking the Text, Chunking the Text
Teach
biography
acTiViTY 3.17
Materials: independent reading books
Suggested pacing: 1 50-minute class period
1 Read the Preview and the Setting a Purpose for Reading sections with your students. Have students use prior knowledge as well as information from the last two activities to begin the first two columns of their KWHL charts on page 216.
2 FIRST READ: Based on the complexity of the passage and your knowledge of your students, you may choose to conduct the first reading in a variety of ways:
• independent reading • paired reading
• small-group reading • choral reading
• read aloud
Text Complexity Overall: Complex
Lexile: 1490L
Qualitative: Medium Difficulty Task: Accessible (Understand)
3 As students are reading,
monitor their progress. Be sure
they are engaged with the text
and annotating the biography and autobiography. Evaluate whether the selected reading mode is effective.
my Notes
Learning Targets
• Cite evidence from texts to support an analysis of the features of biography and autobiography.
• Analyze how two texts about the same topic present information by providing different evidence or interpreting the facts differently.
Preview
In this activity, you will read a biography of Nelson Mandela and an excerpt from his autobiography and think about the features of the two texts.
Setting a Purpose for reading
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RI.7.1: Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
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As you read the biography, underline words and phrases that tell about Mandela’s leadership skills.
Circle unknown words and phrases. Try to determine the meaning of the words by using context clues, word parts, or a dictionary.
Write what you already know about Nelson Mandela and what you would like to know about him in the KWHL chart on page 216.
The Nobel Peace Prize 1993,
Nelson Mandela
Biography of
acquitted: declared innocent of a criminal charge by a jury’s verdict
dock: area where an accused person stands in a courtroom
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Focus Standards:
RI.7.9: Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.
Additional Standards Addressed: RI.7.2, RI.7.6, L.7.1a
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on July
18, 1918. His father was Chief Henry Mandela of the Tembu Tribe. Mandela himself was educated at University College of Fort Hare and the University of Witwatersrand and qualified in law in 1942. He joined the African National Congress in 1944 and was engaged in resistance against the ruling National Party’s apartheid policies after 1948. He went on trial for treason in 1956–1961 and was acquitted in 1961.
2 After the banning of the ANC in 1960, Nelson Mandela argued for the setting up of a military wing within the ANC. In June 1961, the ANC executive considered his proposal on the use of violent tactics and agreed that those members who wished to involve themselves in Mandela’s campaign would
not be stopped from doing so by the ANC. This led to the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe. Mandela was arrested in 1962 and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment with hard labour. In 1963, when many fellow leaders of the ANC and the Umkhonto we Sizwe were arrested, Mandela was brought to stand trial with them for plotting to overthrow the government by violence. His statement from the dock received considerable international publicity. On June 12, 1964, eight of the accused, including Mandela, were sentenced to life imprisonment. From 1964 to 1982, he was incarcerated at Robben Island Prison, off Cape Town; thereafter, he was at Pollsmoor Prison, nearby on the mainland.
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