Aim: How do we come up with specific controlling ideas about

the topic, America?Do Now: How does the speaker from

“America” feel about America?How does the speaker from “I, too” feel

about America?How are their feelings similar?

Questions 26 & 2726 Write a well-developed paragraph in which you use ideas from both Passage I (the poem, “America”) and Passage II (the poem, “I, too”) to establish a controlling idea about America. Develop your controlling idea using specific examples and detailsfrom both Passage I and Passage II.

27 Choose a specific literary element (e.g., theme, characterization, structure, point of view, etc.) or literary technique (e.g., symbolism, irony, figurative language, etc.) used by one of the authors. Using specific details from either Passage I (the poem, “America”) or Passage II (the poem, “I, too”), in a well-developed paragraph, show how the author uses that element or technique to develop the passage.

Topic: America• What are the similarities between both

poems?• What ideas do both speakers express about

America• What specific idea do the two poems convey

about America?

Controlling idea: Both poems, “America” and “I, too” present an idea of America…

Body Paragraph

Topic Sentence – Controlling Idea

Provide Example – provide specifics from each work – provide a quote from each

Explain Example

Connect Example to Controlling Idea

Sample Controlling Ideas• In the two poems, “I ,too” and “America,” the speakers express their

difficulties and abusive perceptions of America, but both mention that they still love this country because its hate gives them strength after all the challenges.

• In the two poems, “I, too” and “America,” the speakers express the feeling of discrimination and from that discrimination the two speakers become more strong.

• Competitiveness is the desire of wanting more, is the force that drives us to overcome obstacles. In the two poems, “I, too” and “America,” the speakers express a feeling of competitiveness against how American treats them.