In April of 2016, President Obama delivered his final White House Correspondent’s Dinner speech. This speech generally garners a good deal of media attention given its sharp tongued humor — and this speech, Obama’s last, is no different.
These resources provide three different activities to promote analytical thinking in your students:
- A sentence-level compare and contrast between this speech, and earlier speeches delivered by the president
- A “highlighter analysis” to scaffold annotation and close reading with humor and satire in mind
- A compare and contrast analytical writing prompt
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Lesson Description
In April of 2016, President Obama delivered his final White House Correspondent’s Dinner speech. This speech generally garners a good deal of media attention given its sharp tongued humor — and this speech, Obama’s last, is no different.
These resources provide three different activities to promote analytical thinking in your students:
- A sentence-level compare and contrast between this speech, and earlier speeches delivered by the president
- A “highlighter analysis” to scaffold annotation and close reading with humor and satire in mind
- A compare and contrast analytical writing prompt
Join the TeachArgument Community to access this, and every other pop culture resource — or, grab these materials now for only $4.99!
Lesson Features
| Grades | 9 through 12 |
| Lesson Focus | Close reading; compare and contrast; rhetorical analysis; humor and satire; annotation |
