Grace Abounding Unit 4 Teacher Kit

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About the Teacher Resource Kits

For each of the four major literary units in Grace Abounding there is a corresponding Teacher Resource Kit, which includes Lesson Plans, Reading Check Tests, Vocabulary Tests, and answer keys. Please find the forementioned sections in the bookmark tab of your Teacher Resource Kit PDF.

Lesson Plans

With the lesson plans, teachers can target major language arts objectives while giving students exposure to important African-American writers, thinkers, and activists.

Each lesson also contains at least one Student Handout and often two or more. The expectation is that teachers will make photocopies for all students. Please note that these are not designed to be used as assessments but rather as instruction tools.

There is a lesson plan for every literary selection in Grace Abounding; these lessons can provide a strong foundation for a language arts curriculum, particularly in grades 5–9. A lesson plan is based on its corresponding literary selection but it is not necessarily directly related to it.

Reading Check Tests

All reading checks contain three parts: one page of basic recalling questions, one page of interpreting questions, and a short assessment essay.

Vocabulary Tests

Many selections in Grace Abounding contain Vocabulary in Place boxes, the majority of which contain words that every student should learn. The selections are useful for exposing the students to essential vocabulary, and the tests can be used to help solidify it as practical knowledge.

There are vocabulary tests for every selection in Grace Abounding that contains vocabulary glosses.

Unit 4 Lessons

1. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
   
   1. Fundamentals of Debate
   2. Dictionary As a Learning Tool
2. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
   Improving Writing Style
3. “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
   Appealing to an Audience
4. “I Have a Dream”
   Making a Memorable Speech
5. Speech at Tulane University
   Writing Newspaper Opinion Pieces
6. The Poetry of Robert Hayden
   Praise Poems
7. The Poetry of Maragret Walker
   Imagery and Various Senses
8. The Poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks
   Rhythm
9. “Ka’ba”
   Repetition
10. “I Am a Black Woman”
    Meaning in Poetry
11. The Poetry of Eloise Greenfield
    Character Descriptions
12. The Poetry of Sonia Sanchez
    Rhythm in Poetry
13. The Poetry of Maya Angelou
    Rhyme and Mood
14. The Poetry of Nikki Giovanni
    Theme
15. The Poetry of Lucille Clifton
    Meaning in Poetry
16. “Parsley”
    Meaning in Poetry
17. The Poetry of Michael Harper
    Recognizing Odes
18. The Poetry of Derek Walcott
    Word Choice
19. “Benjamin Banneker Sends His Almanac to Thomas Jefferson”
    Recognize Tone and Changes in Tone
20. “The Man who Saw the Flood”
    Elements of a Short Story
21. “The Richer, the Poorer;” “Everyday Use”; “Geraldine Moore: The Poet”; and “Raymond’s Run”
    Close Reading