In this module, students will conduct research, read, and learn how Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. impacted history and why he was considered a great American Leader. Then they will write an informative article with an opening paragraph, body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph describing why Martin Luther King, Jr. was a great leader. This module would be best implemented in the middle of the semester after students have had various opportunites to research, cite evidence from texts, used various graphic organiers, and have learned the correct paragraph format. This module explicitly targets and teaches standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.2: Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the texts.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.2.2: Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
