Jul 21, 2014 - In this lesson students are introduced to the concept of juxtaposition through analysis of characters in the novel.

Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson students build background knowledge through reading an excerpt of an informational text about different tribes in Sudan and the role these tribes played in the Sudanese civil war.  In...

Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson students practice discussion and note-taking routines introduced in the previous lesson.

Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students continue to develop their ability to cite evidence in their writing. They practice gathering and using evidence in a full response to a constructed response question. In...

Jan 26, 2016 - This lesson is a continuation of the work with the theme of survival in A Long Walk to Water and practice for the type of explanation of evidence that students will do for the End of Unit 2...

Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson students continue to build background knowledge through close reading of the excerpt of informational text first read in the previous lesson, this time focusing on vocabulary and using...

Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson students compare the historical accounts of the Sudanese civil war in informational text to accounts in the novel.

Jan 26, 2016 - 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 Lessons 10, 11, and 12 students closely reread...

Jan 26, 2016 - Students continue to analyze working conditions in the mill and how they affect Lyddie. • This lesson adds a focus on word choice and figurative language, as students discuss how author Katherine...

Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students reread selected passages carefully to gather and analyze textual evidence about why Lyddie should or should not sign the petition. They record the textual evidence they find...

Jan 26, 2016 - In this lesson, students read the first excerpt from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.