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KS3 · Year 8 - Development · Term 2 - Power and Protest · Week 2
Pages: Sojourner Truth, "Ain't I a Woman" (1851)
Former enslaved woman speaks at the 1851 Ohio Women's Convention, challenging race and gender hierarchies through lived experience.
Lesson 1
What students do
Read speech aloud; mark every rhetorical question.
Task
Annotate the refrain "Ain't I a woman?" - count uses, label effect.
Success criteria
Identifies 4 uses of the refrain and names the technique.
Lesson 2
What students do
Discuss: why repeat the question?
Task
Pair-talk using "This suggests… because…" to explore the refrain's power.
Success criteria
Offers one developed inference building on a partner's point.
Lesson 3
What students do
Model a PEE paragraph on Truth's use of anaphora.
Task
Embed two short quotations into one coherent paragraph.
Success criteria
Paragraph has point, embedded quote, developed inference.
Lesson 4
What students do
Compare rhetorical Q with statement - what changes?
Task
Rewrite one of Truth's questions as a statement; analyse loss of impact.
Success criteria
Explains why questions force the audience to answer mentally.
Lesson 5
What students do
Recap success criteria.
Task
How does Truth use repetition to challenge her audience?
Success criteria
Embedded quote, technique named, "This suggests…" inference.
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