Language Matters: Essays and Arguments - Grade 10
In this unit, students will read and write carefully crafted essays linked by the theme of “bilingualism.”
The work in this unit is divided into four parts. In Parts 1 and 2, students will study two texts in which the authors make arguments about the issue of “bilingualism.” The first text, an essay by the poet Martín Espada, takes a different position than the second, a short selection from Richard Rodriguez’s book Hunger of Memory. During the work with these two texts, students will take time to study each author’s arguments and then to locate each author’s position relative to the other.
Table of Contents
Text Audio
Writing Tasks
Title: S-2: Summarizing Espada: Crafting a Retelling
Session 2
Title: S-8: Studying Rodriguez: Public and Private Language
Session 8
Title: S-10: Studying Rodriguez’s Arguments
Session 10
Title: S-12: Espada and Rodriguez on Bilingualism
Session 12
Title: S-20: Writing About Multiple Texts The Final Essay
Session 20
Charts for Discussion
Title: S-2: “The New Bathroom Policy”: Whole-Class Retelling
Session 2
Title: S-8: Hunger of Memory: Public and Private Language
Session 8
Title: S-13: Bilingualism: Comparing Espada and Rodriguez
Session 13
Title: S-17: Lee’s Arguments About Bilingualism
Session 17
Title: S-18: Bilingualism: Comparing Lee
Session 18
Title: S-19: Lee’s Position on Bilingualism
Session 19