Help your students master the art of the synthesis essay through a scaffolded close reading of three diverse texts — Robert Hayden’s poem “Frederick Douglass,” an excerpt from Frederick Douglass’s My Bondage and My Freedom, and a New York Times article on Malala Yousafzai’s UN Appeal This substitute-friendly lesson gives your students practice with close reading and critical thinking through the lens of Frederick Douglass and Malala Yousafzai. Activity handouts include before-, during-, a