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Grade Level: 4th-5th
Subjects: Language Arts, Social Studies
Learner Outcomes:
The students will be able to correctly answer comprehension
questions on the book.
The students will write a paragraph using descriptive
language.
Materials:
Sweet Clara and the
Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson
Discussion Questions
Duration: 1 fifty minute class
Technology Tools/Courseware: Microsoft Word or other word processing software
Teacher Notes:
Seat students in circle
for discussion.
Procedures:
1. Read aloud
to students Sweet Clara and the Freedom
Quilt.
2. Conduct a
group discussion of the book main theme using the seminar questions.
3. Review with
students that Clara's quilt took her to the Ohio River. Then have
the
students write a paragraph to finish the story by having Clara and Jack
make it to
Canada. The paragraph should describe how Clara and Jack satisfied
their needs on
the way, obstacles they encountered, and their feelings once arriving in
Canada.
4. Allow students
to share their paragraphs.
Modifications:
1. Check to
ensure all IEP modifications are being met.
2. Write paragraph
as a whole class.
Evaluation/Assessment:
1. Observation
of group discussion
2. Rubric
to evaluate paragraph
State and National Standards
West
Virginia Instructional Goals
Reading: 4.19, 4.20, 4.21, 4.25, 4.27, 4.29, 5.15, 5.16, 5.17,
5.20, 5.24
Writing: 4.49, 4.50, 4.52, 4.53, 4.54, 4.55, 5.52, 5.56, 5.58,
5.60, 5.61, 5.63,
5.64
National
Standards
Uses prewriting strategies to plan written work (e.g., uses graphic organizers,
story
maps, and webs; groups related ideas; takes notes; brainstorms ideas; organizes
information according to type and purpose of writing)
Drafting and Revising: Uses strategies to draft and revise written work
(e.g.,
elaborates on a central idea; writes with attention to audience, word choice,
sentence
variation; uses paragraphs to develop separate ideas; produces
Editing and Publishing: Uses strategies to edit and publish written work
(e.g., edits
for grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling at a developmentally
appropriate
level; uses reference materials; considers page format [paragraphs, margins,
indentations, titles]; selects presentation format according to purpose;
incorporates
photos, illustrations, charts, and graphs; uses available technology to
compose and
publish work)
Understands the author's purpose (e.g., to persuade, to inform)
Understands level appropriate reading vocabulary (e.g., synonyms, antonyms,
homophones, multi-meaning words)
Establishes a purpose for reading (e.g., for information, for pleasure,
to
understand a specific viewpoint)
Job/Career Clusters: Historian, Author
References: Sweet Clara and the Freedom
Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson
http://www.amazon.com
http://wvde.state.wv.us/
http://www.mcrel.org
Authors:
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b.a.alfred@citynet.net |
jsgorrell@wvadventures.net |
pking@access.k12.wv.us |
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