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Working from the Text
10. Choose one of the examples of vivid imagery that you marked in the text. Visualize and sketch it in the margins. Then, discuss how the imagery helped you understand Nelson Mandela’s tone, voice, or personality.
11. Use your text markings and notes to add to your KWHL chart as follows:
• Add new questions to your “W” column.
• Add new information to your “L” column.
• In the “H” column, describe how helpful this source was in helping you understand what kind of leader Nelson Mandela was.
Check Your Understanding
Based on the two different versions of Nelson Mandela’s life that you have read, analyze how biographical and autobiographical sources emphasize different evidence and interpret facts differently. Also think about the benefits and limits of each. Make one observation in each section of the chart below, and then add to or modify your response during class discussion.
my Notes
Genre
Biography
Autobiography
How Evidence Is Emphasized
How Facts Are Interpreted
Benefits of the Genre
Limits of the Genre
INdepeNdeNT
readING LINk
Read & Connect
Identify the genre of
the text you are reading independently and consider its benefits and limitations. Find another source online about the same person or time period, and create a graphic organizer like the
12. Brainstorm: Besides print texts of biography and autobiography, what other one on this page to compare kinds of sources could you use to answer your questions about Nelson and contrast the information. Mandela? Where would you find them?
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