Washington refines the idea of loyalty by describing the of African Americans as “devotion” both self-sacrifice, or a willingness lay down [their] lives” for white Americans, and as a “to willingness to adopt the of white Americans. “interests” Washington makes his advice more persuasive by demonstrating that African Americans are so loyal to white Americans that they are willing to put aside their own interests for those of white Americans. This is intended to assure white Southerners that African Americans will continue to act in their interests even though slavery has ended. Consider encouraging students to deepen analysis by posing the Differentiation Consideration: following extension question: What idea does Washington express through the use of the word in the phrase “interlacing” our industrial, commercial, and religious life with yours”? “interlacing Because interlacing involves joining various elements together by crisscrossing them, Washington expresses that when joined together, specific interests of African Americans and specific interests of white Southerners come together as and reinforce each other equally. “one” How does Washington use figurative language to clarify his view on what is for “essential” “mutual progress”? Washington uses the image of a hand with separate fingers to create a distinction between the commercial, civil, and religious” and things purely social.” Washington’s use of “industrial, “all … figurative language clarifies that his vision for Southern progress does not require that African Americans be integrated in white social life. Rather, progress requires that African American and white Southerners establish a working relationship in their commercial, civil, and “industrial, religious life” in order to jointly improve the economic condition of the South. Consider drawing students’ attention to their work with L.11-12.5.a, as they use context to determine the meaning and role of figurative language in this text. What does Washington mean by progress”? “mutual Washington describes the interests of both races one” and being as the hand.” “mak[ing] “one Therefore, mutual progress means shared progress. Consider drawing students’ attention to their application of standard L.11-12.4.a through the process of using context as a clue to determine the meaning of a word. Lead a brief whole-class discussion of student responses. Instruct students to record the examples of rhetoric discussed on their Rhetorical Impact Tracking Tools. Students record the rhetoric discussed on their Rhetorical Impact Tracking Tools.
Washington refines the idea of loyalty by describing the “devotion” of African Americans as both self-sacrifice, or a willingness “to lay down [their] lives” for white Americans, and as a willingness to adopt the “interests” of white Americans. Washington makes his advice more persuasive by demonstrating that African Americans are so loyal to white Americans that they are willing to put aside their own interests for those of white Americans. This is intended to assure white Southerners that African Americans will continue to act in their interests even though slavery has ended. Differentiation Consideration: Consider encouraging students to deepen analysis by posing the following extension question: What idea does Washington express through the use of the word “interlacing” in the phrase “interlacing our industrial, commercial, and religious life with yours”? Because interlacing involves joining various elements together by crisscrossing them, Washington expresses that when joined together, specific interests of African Americans and specific interests of white Southerners come together as “one” and reinforce each other equally. How does Washington use figurative language to clarify his view on what is “essential” for “mutual progress”? Washington uses the image of a hand with separate fingers to create a distinction between the “industrial, commercial, civil, and religious” and “all things … purely social.” Washington’s use of figurative language clarifies that his vision for Southern progress does not require that African Americans be integrated in white social life. Rather, progress requires that African American and white Southerners establish a working relationship in their “industrial, commercial, civil, and religious life” in order to jointly improve the economic condition of the South. Consider drawing students’ attention to their work with L.11-12.5.a, as they use context to determine the meaning and role of figurative language in this text. What does Washington mean by “mutual progress”? Washington describes “mak[ing] the interests of both races one” and being “one as the hand.” Therefore, mutual progress means shared progress. Consider drawing students’ attention to their application of standard L.11-12.4.a through the process of using context as a clue to determine the meaning of a word. Lead a brief whole-class discussion of student responses. Instruct students to record the examples of rhetoric discussed on their Rhetorical Impact Tracking Tools. Students record the rhetoric discussed on their Rhetorical Impact Tracking Tools.
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