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Lesson 1 (from Introduction)
Objective
Students will determine the author's purpose for writing her friend, Ijeawele, a letter. There is a strong rationale as to why the author, Adichie, decides to answer her friend's request for advice, and by establishing Adichie's motivation one can better follow and analyze the rest of the text.
Lesson
Class Discussion: The Introduction provides the reader with insight into the topic the author will be addressing in her letter to Ijeawele. The author, Adichie, establishes that the letter needs to address the question of how to raise a baby girl as a feminist. At the start, a list of traits is provided that prove Adichie is well-versed in feminism and the right person to write such a letter. How can you decipher the definition of feminism from the start of the text? What are the traits that a feminist might have? How do you know these...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Reading: Literature RL.9-10.1, 9-10.10, 11-12.1, 11-12.10
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.1, 9-10.2, 9-10.2(b), 11-12.1, 11-12.2, 11-12.2(b)
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