Module 6 - Step 6 Strategy Application/Talking to the Text

 The text I used for this Strategy Application is a speech that was given by Frederick Douglas in Rochester, New York, on July 4, 1852. 

Link to the text


The video of my Talking to the Text demonstration is located here:


(Link provided due to size of video file exceeding upload limits)

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  1. AnonymousJune 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM

    Nice presentation and good choice of documents. I would however suggest toning down some of your larger descriptive words like juxtaposition and rhetorical. Great words and properly used but perhaps a bit much for some students to grasp when already struggling to understand the lesson. Well done.

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