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WEDNESDAY,MARCH30

STRATEGYGUIDE:AnalyzingSpeeches
Speeches:
Rememberinaspeech,anauthorALWAYShasa

SPECIFICMESSAGEORPURPOSE!!
How(ADetail)AffectsanAuthorsPurpose:
Thesetypeofquestionswilldrawyourattentiontoaparticular
DETAIL
andthenaskyoutoidentifyhowthat
detailchangesthereading.

Whenfacingthesequestions...morethananything,justREADCAREFULLY!Makesureyouidentifythe
detailinthepassageand
TRYTOUNDERSTANDIT.AskyourselfWHY!

Then,figureoutyouranswer.
TwoTypesofDetailQuestions:

HowanAuthorsWordsAffectPurpose:
HowStructureAffectsPurpose:
Sometimes,questionswillaskyoutoidentify Sometimes,questionswillaskyoutoidentify
how
particularwords
affectthemeaningofa
howanauthors
textstructure
helpssupportthe
speech(orreading).
meaningofaspeech(orreading).

Totacklethesetypeofquestions...
1. Identifywhatitsaskingyoutofocuson
2. ThinkaboutWHYtheauthordidit
3. Findthebestanswerchoicetomatchwhatyouknow
HOWDOIKNOWTHEYAREDETAILSQUESTIONS?
1. IfthequestionEVERgivesyouaparticulardetailtolookfor,thisisthequestionyouareon!

Thedetailcanbe:
AWORD
Aphrase
Atextstructure
Aparticularparagraph
Aparticularsentence
QUESTIONBREAKDOWN:

1. Whatistheeffectoftheauthorschoicetoinsertadescriptionofthesuccessful195758
expeditioninthemiddleofthepassage?

2. WhydidKennedy
mostlikely
organizehisspeechwithfrequentreferencestofamous
accomplishmentsinscienceandexploration?

3.HowdidKennedyusequestionsinthesixthparagraphofthespeech?

TheBallotortheBullet:PartI
DeliveredbyMalcolmX
April3,1964
Cleveland,Ohio
Section1:BlackInvestmentandaNewDefinitionofCivilRights
Theblacknationalists,thosewhosephilosophyisblacknationalism,isbringingaboutthisnew
interpretationoftheentiremeaningofcivilrights,lookuponitasmeaning,asequalityofopportunity.Well,
we'rejustifiedinseekingcivilrights,ifitmeansequalityofopportunity,becauseallwe'redoingistryingto
collectforourinvestment.Ourmothersandfathersinvestedsweatandblood.Threehundredandtenyears
weworkedinthiscountrywithoutadimeinreturnImeanwithoutadimeinreturn.Youletthewhiteman
walkaroundheretalkingabouthowrichthiscountryis,butyouneverstoptothinkhowitgotrichsoquick.It
gotrichbecauseyoumadeitrich.
Youtakethepeoplewhoareinthisaudiencerightnow.They'repoor.We'reallpoorasindividuals.
Ourweeklysalaryindividuallyamountstohardlyanything.Butifyoutakethesalaryofeveryoneinhere
collectively,it'llfillupawholelotofbaskets.It'salotofwealth.Ifyoucancollectthewagesofjustthese
peoplerighthereforayear,you'llberichricherthanrich.Whenyoulookatitlikethat,thinkhowrich
UncleSamhadtobecome,notwiththishandful,butmillionsofblackpeople.Yourandmymotherand
father,whodidn'tworkaneighthourshift,butworkedfrom"can'tsee"inthemorninguntil"can'tsee"at
night,andworkedfornothing,makingthewhitemanrich,makingUncleSamrich.Thisisourinvestment.
Thisisourcontribution,ourblood.
Notonlydidwegiveofourfreelabor,wegaveofourblood.Everytimehehadacalltoarms,we
werethefirstonesinuniform.Wediedoneverybattlefieldthewhitemanhad.Wehavemadeagreater
sacrificethananybodywho'sstandingupinAmericatoday.Wehavemadeagreatercontributionandhave
collectedless.Civilrights,forthoseofuswhosephilosophyisblacknationalism,means:"Giveittousnow.
Don'twaitfornextyear.Giveittousyesterday,andthat'snotfastenough."


Section2:UncleSamsBloodyHands
UncleSam'shandsaredrippingwithblood,drippingwiththebloodoftheblackmaninthiscountry.
He'stheearth'snumberonehypocrite.Hehastheaudacityyes,hehasimaginehimposingasthe
leaderofthefreeworld.Thefreeworld!Andyouoverheresinging"WeShallOvercome."Expandthe
civilrightsstruggletothelevelofhumanrights.TakeitintotheUnitedNations,whereourAfricanbrothers
canthrowtheirweightonourside,whereourAsianbrotherscanthrowtheirweightonourside,whereour
LatinAmericanbrotherscanthrowtheirweightonourside,andwhere800millionChinamenaresitting
therewaitingtothrowtheirweightonourside.
Lettheworldknowhowbloodyhishandsare.Lettheworldknowthehypocrisythat'spracticedover
here.Letitbetheballotorthebullet.Lethimknowthatitmustbetheballotorthebullet.

Level2:Goofball
LIGHTNINGANALYSIS

Skill:HowaWORD/PHRASEaffectsaspeech
1. HowdoesX'suseofthephrase"bloodyhands"affecttheoverallmeaningofhisspeech?
2. WhydoesXusethephraseinvestmenttodescribeAfricanAmericanspastexperiencesin
America?

Level3:Goof
LIGHTNINGANALYSIS

Skill:Howanauthorcreates(andsupports)claims
1. HowdoesXcreatetheargumentthatAfricanAmericanshaveinvestedinAmericansociety?
2. HowdoesXusetheideaofinvestmenttosupporthisargumentthatAfricanAmericansmust
demandcivilrightsinanew,immediateway?

Level4:MasterGoof

Section3:TheBallotortheBullet
ByballotIonlymeanfreedom.Don'tyouknowthattheballotismoreimportantthanthedollar?CanI
proveit?Yes.LookintheUnitedNations.TherearepoornationsintheUnitedNationsyetthosepoor
nationscangettogetherwiththeirvotingpowerandkeeptherichnationsfrommakingamove.Theyhave
onenationonevote,everyonehasanequalvote.AndwhenthosebrothersfromAsia,andAfricaandthe
darkerpartsofthisearthgettogether,theirvotingpowerissufficienttoholdSamincheck.OrRussiain
check.Orsomeothersectionoftheearthincheck.So,theballotismostimportant.
Rightnow,inthiscountry,ifyouandI,22millionAfricanAmericansthat'swhatweare
AfricanswhoareinAmerica.You'renothingbutAfricans.NothingbutAfricans.Infact,you'dget
farthercallingyourselfAfricaninsteadofNegro.Africansdon'tcatchhell.You'retheonlyone
catchinghell.Theydon'thavetopasscivilrightsbillsforAfricans.AnAfricancangoanywherehe
wantsrightnow.Allyou'vegottodoistieyourheadup.That'sright,goanywhereyouwant.Just

stopbeingaNegro.ChangeyournametoHoogagagooba.That'llshowyouhowsillythewhiteman
is.You'redealingwithasillyman.Afriendofminewho'sverydarkputaturbanonhisheadand
wentintoarestaurantinAtlantabeforetheycalledthemselvesdesegregated.Hewentintoawhite
restaurant,hesatdown,theyservedhim,andhesaid,"WhatwouldhappenifaNegrocameinhere?
Andtherehe'ssitting,blackasnight,butbecausehehadhisheadwrappedupthewaitresslooked
backathimandsays,"Why,therewouldn'tnonegrodarecomeinhere."
So,you'redealingwithamanwhosebiasandprejudicearemakinghimlosehismind,his
intelligence,everyday.He'sfrightened.Helooksaroundandseeswhat'stakingplaceonthisearth,andhe
seesthatthependulumoftimeisswinginginyourdirection.Thedarkpeoplearewakingup.They'relosing
theirfearofthewhiteman.Noplacewherehe'sfightingrightnowishewinning.Everywherehe'sfighting,
he'sfightingsomeoneyourandmycomplexion.Andthey'rebeatinghim.Hecan'twinanymore.He'swon
hislastbattle.HefailedtowintheKoreanWar.Hecouldn'twinit.Hehadtosignatruce.That'saloss.
Section4:TheMoralityofBlackNationalism
Thesocialphilosophyofblacknationalismonlymeansthatwehavetogettogetherandremovethe
evils,thevices,alcoholism,drugaddiction,andotherevilsthataredestroyingthemoralfiberofour
community.Weourselveshavetoliftthelevelofourcommunity,thestandardofourcommunitytoahigher
level,makeourownsocietybeautifulsothatwewillbesatisfiedinourownsocialcirclesandwon'tbe
runningaroundheretryingtoknockourwayintoasocialcirclewherewe'renotwanted.SoIsay,in
spreadingagospelsuchasblacknationalism,itisnotdesignedtomaketheblackmanreevaluatethewhite
manyouknowhimalreadybuttomaketheblackmanreevaluatehimself.Don'tchangethewhite
man'smindyoucan'tchangehismind,andthatwholethingaboutappealingtothemoralconscienceof
AmericaAmerica'sconscienceisbankrupt.Shelostallconsciencealongtimeago.UncleSamhasno
conscience.
Theydon'tknowwhatmoralsare.Theydon'ttryandeliminateanevilbecauseit'sevil,orbecause
it'sillegal,orbecauseit'simmoraltheyeliminateitonlywhenitthreatenstheirexistence.Soyou'rewasting
yourtimeappealingtothemoralconscienceofabankruptmanlikeUncleSam.Ifhehadaconscience,he'd
straightenthisthingoutwithnomorepressurebeingputuponhim.Soitisnotnecessarytochangethe
whiteman'smind.Wehavetochangeourownmind.Youcan'tchangehismindaboutus.We'vegotto
changeourownmindsabouteachother.Wehavetoseeeachotherwithneweyes.Wehavetoseeeach
otherasbrothersandsisters.Wehavetocometogetherwithwarmthsowecandevelopunityandharmony
that'snecessarytogetthisproblemsolvedourselves.Howcanwedothis?Howcanweavoidjealousy?
Howcanweavoidthesuspicionandthedivisionsthatexistinthecommunity?I'lltellyouhow.
Level5:SupremeGoof

Skill:Howanauthorcreates(andsupports)claims
1. HowdoesthestoryintheboldedparagraphhelpdisplayXsclaimsregardingtheextreme
treatmentofAfricanAmericans?
2. HowdoesXdisplaytheinstabilityandfearofthewhitemaninSection3?

Level6:UniversalGoof

Skill:Howadetailsupportsanauthorsclaim
1. InthelastparagraphofSection4,Xdescribestheinconsistencyofthewhitemansmorality.How

doesthisdescriptionhelpsupportXsclaimsregardingthe

THURSDAY,MARCH31

TheBallotortheBullet:PartII
DeliveredbyMalcolmX
April3,1964
Cleveland,Ohio

Level1:GoofBaby

SpreadingBlackNationalism
Ourgospelisblacknationalism.We'renottryingtothreatentheexistenceofanyorganization,but
we'respreadingthegospelofblacknationalism.Anywherethere'sachurchthatisalsopreachingand
practicingthegospelofblacknationalism,jointhatchurch.IftheNAACPispreachingandpracticingthe
gospelofblacknationalism,jointheNAACP.IfCOREisspreadingandpracticingthegospelofblack
nationalism,joinCORE.Joinanyorganizationthathasagospelthat'sfortheupliftoftheblackman.And
whenyougetintoitandseethempussyfootingorcompromising,pulloutofitbecausethat'snotblack
nationalism.We'llfindanotherone.
Andinthismanner,theorganizationswillincreaseinnumberandinquantityandinquality,andby
August,itisthenourintentiontohaveablacknationalistconventionwhichwillconsistofdelegatesfromall
overthecountrywhoareinterestedinthepolitical,economicandsocialphilosophyofblacknationalism.
Afterthesedelegatesconvene,wewillholdaseminarwewillholddiscussionswewilllistentoeveryone.
Wewanttohearnewideasandnewsolutionsandnewanswers.Andatthattime,ifweseefitthentoforma
blacknationalistparty,we'llformablacknationalistparty.Ifit'snecessarytoformablacknationalistarmy,
we'llformablacknationalistarmy.It'llbetheballotorthebullet.It'llbelibertyorit'llbedeath.
SchoolSegregation

It'stimeforyouandmetostopsittinginthiscountry,lettingsomecrackersenators,Northern
crackersandSoutherncrackers,sitthereinWashington,D.C.,andcometoaconclusionintheirmindthat
youandIaresupposedtohavecivilrights.There'snowhitemangoingtotellmeanythingaboutmyrights.
Brothersandsisters,alwaysremember,ifitdoesn'ttakesenatorsandcongressmenandpresidential
proclamationstogivefreedomtothewhiteman,itisnotnecessaryforlegislationorproclamationor
SupremeCourtdecisionstogivefreedomtotheblackman.Youletthatwhitemanknow,ifthisisacountry
offreedom,letitbeacountryoffreedomandifit'snotacountryoffreedom,changeit.
Wewillworkwithanybody,anywhere,atanytime,whoisgenuinelyinterestedintacklingthe
problemheadon,nonviolentlyaslongastheenemyisnonviolent,butviolentwhentheenemygetsviolent.
We'llworkwithyouonthevoterregistrationdrive,we'llworkwithyouonrentstrikes,we'llworkwithyouon
schoolboycottsIdon'tbelieveinanykindofintegrationI'mnotevenworriedaboutit,becauseIknow
you'renotgoingtogetitanywayyou'renotgoingtogetitbecauseyou'reafraidtodieyou'vegottobe
readytodieifyoutryandforceyourselfonthewhiteman,becausehe'llgetjustasviolentasthosecrackers
inMississippi,righthereinCleveland.Butwewillstillworkwithyouontheschoolboycottsbecausewe're
againstasegregatedschoolsystem.Asegregatedschoolsystemproduceschildrenwho,whenthey
graduate,graduatewithcrippledminds.Butthisdoesnotmeanthataschoolissegregatedbecauseit'sall
black.Asegregatedschoolmeansaschoolthatiscontrolledbypeoplewhohavenorealinterestinit
whatsoever.
LetmeexplainwhatImean.Asegregateddistrictorcommunityisacommunityinwhichpeoplelive,
butoutsiderscontrolthepoliticsandtheeconomyofthatcommunity.Theyneverrefertothewhitesection
asasegregatedcommunity.It'stheallNegrosectionthat'sasegregatedcommunity.Why?Thewhiteman
controlshisownschool,hisownbank,hisowneconomy,hisownpolitics,hisowneverything,hisown
communitybuthealsocontrolsyours.Whenyou'reundersomeoneelse'scontrol,you'resegregated.
They'llalwaysgiveyouthelowestortheworstthatthereistooffer,butitdoesn'tmeanyou'resegregated
justbecauseyouhaveyourown.You'vegottocontrolyourown.Justlikethewhitemanhascontrolofhis,
youneedtocontrolyours.
Youknowthebestwaytogetridofsegregation?Thewhitemanismoreafraidofseparationthanhe
isofintegration.Segregationmeansthatheputsyouawayfromhim,butnotfarenoughforyoutobeoutof
hisjurisdictionseparationmeansyou'regone.Andthewhitemanwillintegratefasterthanhe'llletyou
separate.Sowewillworkwithyouagainstthesegregatedschoolsystembecauseit'scriminal,becauseitis
absolutelydestructive,ineverywayimaginable,tothemindsofthechildrenwhohavetobeexposedtothat
typeofcripplingeducation.

FinalCalltoAction
IfaNegroin1964hastositaroundandwaitforsomecrackersenatortofilibusterwhenitcomesto
therightsofblackpeople,why,youandIshouldhangourheadsinshame.Youtalkaboutamarchon
Washingtonin1963,youhaven'tseenanything.There'ssomemoregoingdownin'64.
Andthistimethey'renotgoingliketheywentlastyear.They'renotgoingsinging''WeShall
Overcome."They'renotgoingwithwhitefriends.They'renotgoingwithplacardsalreadypaintedforthem.
They'renotgoingwithroundtriptickets.They'regoingwithonewaytickets.Andiftheydon'twantthat
nonnonviolentarmygoingdownthere,tellthemtobringthefilibustertoahalt.
Theblacknationalistsaren'tgoingtowait.LyndonB.JohnsonistheheadoftheDemocraticParty.If
he'sforcivilrights,lethimgointotheSenatenextweekanddeclarehimself.Lethimgointhererightnow
anddeclarehimself.LethimgointhereanddenouncetheSouthernbranchofhisparty.Lethimgointhere
rightnowandtakeamoralstandrightnow,notlater.Tellhim,don'twaituntilelectiontime.Ifhewaitstoo
long,brothersandsisters,hewillberesponsibleforlettingaconditiondevelopinthiscountrywhichwill

createaclimatethatwillbringseedsupoutofthegroundwithvegetationontheendofthemlookinglike
somethingthesepeopleneverdreamedof.In1964,it'stheballotorthebullet.
Thankyou.

Level2:Goofball

Skill:Howanauthorcreates(andsupports)claims
1. HowdoesXsupporttheclaimthatblacknationalistsshouldjoinanyorganizationspreadingblack
nationalism?
2. HowdoesXsupporthisclaimthatonlynegroschools(notwhiteschools)aresegregatedschools?
3. HowdoesXsupporthisclaimthatwhitepeoplearemoreafraidofseparationthanintegration?

Level3:Goof

Skill:Howadetailsupportsanauthorsclaim
1. HowdoesthefollowingparagraphhelpsupportXsoverallmessageinthespeech?

Andthistimethey'renotgoingliketheywentlastyear.They'renotgoingsinging''WeShall
Overcome."They'renotgoingwithwhitefriends.They'renotgoingwithplacardsalreadypaintedforthem.
They'renotgoingwithroundtriptickets.They'regoingwithonewaytickets.Andiftheydon'twantthat
nonnonviolentarmygoingdownthere,tellthemtobringthefilibustertoahalt.

2.HowdoesXclosingthespeechwiththephrase,In1964,itstheballotorthebullet,help
supporthisoverall
tone
?

FRIDAY,APRIL1st

HUGEGOOFPROJECT:
EVALUATINGMALCOLMXSBALLOTORBULLETSPEECH

Now,wearegoingtoEVALUATEtheinformationinMalcolmXsBallotorBulletspeech.

Youhavetwogoals:

1. Getthewordoutabout(summarize)theclaimsinMalcolmXsspeech
2. Evaluatetheclaimsprovewhethertheyarevalidornot!

Stepstotake:
1. IdentifyaclaimfromMalcolmXsreading
2. Summarizetheclaiminonesentence.
3. EvaluatetheclaimusingAJI:istheclaimvalidorinvalid?
Why?
4. Use
evidence
tobackitup.Usequotes,andexplainwhethertheyarevalidorinvalid!
5. REPEATSTEPS14FORTHESPEECH!PICKANOTHERCLAIM!

EVALUATING
CLAIMSPROJECT
(100pts)
ClarityofInformation
(20points)

NeedsImprovement

Theinformationis
unclear.
(0points)

Growing

Theinformationis
mostlyunclear.
(10points)

Acceptable

Theinformationis
acceptablyclear.
(15points)

Exceptional

Theinformationisvery
clearandhelps
readersbetter
understandthetide
poolshowsdeep
understandingofthe
reading.

(20points)
Accuracyof
Information
(20points)

Theinformationis
inaccurate.
(0points)

Theinformationis
mostlyinaccurate.
(10points)

Almostallinformation
Theinformationis
iscompletelyaccurate. completelyaccurate
(15points)
andshowsdeep
understandingof
objectivityand
subjectivityinthe
readings.
(20points)

Amountof
Information
(20points)

Theslideshow
presentsalmostno
informationaboutthe
newssources.
(0points)

Theslideshow
presentslittle
informationaboutthe
newssources.
(10points)

Theslideshow
presentsanadequate
amountofinformation
aboutthenews
sources.
(15points)

EvidenceCited
(20points)

Theslideshowcitesno
evidence.
(0points)

Theslideshowcites
Theslideshowcites
evidenceonfewslides. evidenceonmost
(10points)
slides
(15points)

Theslideshowcites
correctevidenceonall
slides.
(20points)

Creativity
(20points)

Theslideshowisnot
creative.
(0points)

Theslideshowis
mostlynotcreative.
(10points)

Theslideshowis
creative,usingimages,
color,graphics,and
wellmadeslides.
(20points)

Theslideshowis
adequatelycreative
mayneedmorecolor,
graphics,orimages.
(15points)

Theslideshow
presentsan
exceptionalamountof
information,including
importantdetails.
(20points)