In this lesson, students are introduced to and discuss the question about which they will be writing their essay: Should Lyddie sign the petition?
In this lesson, students gather and analyze textual evidence about why Lyddie should or should not sign the petition.
In this lesson, students reread the final passage listed on Lyddie’s Decision: Passages to Reread chart. Students then synthesize the evidence they have gathered to create reasons why Lyddie should and should not sign the petition.
This lesson serves as the culminating discussion of Lyddie.
In this lesson, students begin to read Lyddie, the central text of Unit 1.
In this lesson, students are introduced to several new routines to support them in their reading of Lyddie
In this lesson, students work in pairs to analyze the text.
In this lesson, students closely read and discuss pages 62-66 of Lyddie.
In this lesson, students continue to analyze working conditions in the mill and how they affect Lyddie.
This lesson includes the Mid-Unit 1 Assessment.
This lesson includes the Mid-Unit 2 Assessment. After, a brief independent read in the text is intended to give students a small, controlled experience of reading Pygmalion independently.
In this lesson, students read the first excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
In this lesson, students continue to build their stamina and ability to make meaning of the Narrative through the process of reading.
In this lesson, students continue to build their stamina and ability to make meaning of the Narrative through the process of reading each excerpt several times.
In this lesson, students take the Mid-Unit 2 Assessment Part 2.
In this lesson, students begin their work with Excerpt 3 from the Narrative, which they will read several times across Lessons 2–4.
In this lesson, students consolidate their understanding of Excerpt 4 by reviewing the answers to the second read questions and then telling a section of the story using the strategies from the Storyteller’s Toolbox anchor chart.
In this lesson, students focus on types of figurative language. They do this during the Figurative Language Matching Game and again when they create Figurative Language cards for the Powerful Language word wall.
This activity emphasizes the importance of teaching reading and writing strategies for students to use with informational text.
This resource contains a GDrive Folder that houses 4 separate root word quizzes. Each quiz contains 21 terms for a total of 84. I have linked the list I used for these quizzes, I do not own the list nor do I take any credit for its creation.