Teacher Candidate: Samuel Neff Date: October 26, 2015

School: Poca High School Grade/Subject: 11th Grade English/Language Arts

Lesson Topic: Olaudah Equiano

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES/STUDENT OUTCOMES

-Students will discuss the impact the conditions of the North American Slave Trade and how it
impacted the slaves.
-Students will evaluate the content of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
-Students will explain the purpose of the text in regards to what the authors intent was
-Students will gather knowledge about the North Atlantic Slave Trade
-Students will discuss the emotional appeal of the text and how it effects the reader

WV CSOs
E.L.A.11.R.C1.4 cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the
informational text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including
determining where the text leaves matters uncertain
E.L.A.11.R.C1.5 determine two or more central ideas of an informational text and analyze their
development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to
provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.
E.L.A. 11.R.C2.6 determine an authors point of view or purpose in an informational text in
which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the
power, persuasiveness, or beauty of the text.
E.L.A.11.R.C3.3 integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different
media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a question
or solve a problem.
E.L.A.11.W.C11.3 draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis,
reflection, and research
NATIONAL STANDARDS
NCTE STANDARD 1 Students read a wide range of print and non-print texts to build an
understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world; to
acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of society and the workplace; and
for personal fulfillment. Among these texts are fiction and nonfiction, classic and contemporary
works.
NCTE STANDARD 2 Students read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres
to build an understanding of the many dimensions (e.g., philosophical, ethical, aesthetic) of
human experience.
NCTE STANDARD 8 Students use a variety of technological and information resources (e.g.,
libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to
create and communicate knowledge.

MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
Overall time- 60 minutes
Time Frame- 5 min. introduction
10 min. Kahn Academy video
25 min. guided reading of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah
Equiano
15 min. emotional appeal and effect on reader activity
5 min. closure and homework assignment

STRATEGIES
Teacher/student lead discussion, guided reading, independent/group practice

DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION
-The video on the Atlantic Slave Trade will allow visual learners to enhance their knowledge of
this part of history.
-For the emotional appeal activity, I will do it with them either on the Elmo or on the white board
for visual/spatial learners.
-For students with auditory impairments, captions will be available for the video if necessary.
PROCEDURES
INTRODUCTION/LESSON SET
The first thing I will do is pass around a hoax newspaper article that says students of
Putnam Country will be required to attend six days of school each week starting in the spring of
the current school year. The article says the school board consulted with no one when making
this decision and heard no concerns from parents, educators, administrators, or anyone else. The
decision is final and schools will be in session every Saturday from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. It is a
required day of instruction, just like Monday-Friday. There is nothing students can do about it,
just follow the rules. This is to engage students into the idea of slavery, where the slaves had no
say in their own lives, they were controlled by others.
After the students read the articles, we will discuss what it would be like to be controlled
as slaves once were. After this discussion we will engage in a pre-assessment discussion on what
they know about slavery in North America and the Atlantic Slave Trade.

BODY & TRANSITIONS

- Watch a Kahn Academy video on the Atlantic Slave Trade
o https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/history/CrashCourse-
WorldHistory/when-people-do-great-and-really-terrible-things-2/v/crash-course-
world-history-24
o After the video we will discuss aloud the students reactions and reflections
- Guided reading out loud of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
o Pages 161-164 in the Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience
textbook
- Activity on the emotional appeal of the text. Students will research the text for evidence
that the author was attempting to gauge the readers emotions. They will write the
emotional appeal in the emotional appeal box and underneath they will write how it
makes the reader feel in a chart such as the one on the next page. I will do this chart along
with them using the Elmo or the white dry/erase board.

Emotional Appeal
Effect on Reader
CLOSURE
After completing the chart, I will assign the students to write a half page letter to a slave owner
or worker on the slave ships. The students will assume the role of a slave who is currently, or has
been a part of the Atlantic Slave Trade and endured the horrible conditions of the slave ships.

ASSESSMENT
Diagnostic
- The hoax newspaper and discussion of what it would be like to be controlled by a higher
authority.
- I will lead students in a discussion about what they currently may know about the
Atlantic Slave Trade and slavery in North America in general.
Formative
- Periodically throughout our guided reading, I will pause to check for understanding.
When we come across difficult vocabulary or text with imagery I will pause and ask if
the class understands this or if they would like me to rephrase it.
Summative
- Students will write a half page letter to a slave owner or worker on the slave ships. The
students will assume the role of a slave who is currently, or has been a part of the Atlantic
Slave Trade and endured the horrible conditions of the slave ships

MATERIALS
- Elmo
- Projector
- Desktop computer
- Kahn Academy
- Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience
 - Paper and writing utensil

EXTENDED ACTIVITIES
If Student Finishes Early
No single student will finish early as this lesson involves the whole class doing the lesson
together
If Lesson Finishes Early
If the lesson finishes early, students will begin their homework assignments.
If Technology Fails
If the technology fails, instead of the the Kahn Academy, students will read the biography on
Olaudah Equiano on page 158.