The Power of a Book
Grade Level:
7th to 8th grade
Subject:
Language Arts
Learner Outcomes:
- Students will be able to brainstorm books that they have read.
- Students will practice oral and written communication skills.
- Students will be able to list books that they think have influenced events.
- Students will be able to identify Harriet Beecher Stowe and explain her importance to the Civil War.
- Students will be able to write 10 facts in complete sentences on the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
- Students will be able to read and interpret passages from Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Students will write a 3/8 essay on the significance of the book Uncle Tom's Cabin had on American history.
2 to 3 class periods (45 minute period)
Materials:
Internet
access
White board
Pen and paper
Dictionaries
Access to word processing
Technology Tools/Courseware:
Internet
access
Microsoft Word or any word processing
program
Teacher Notes:
Book
computer lab for students to use Internet
Group students in heterogeneous ability
groups
Computer access for essay writing- if
not on classroom book computer lab
Procedures:
Day one:
- Have students brainstorm and list on paper in one minute all the books that they can remember that they have read (even from elementary school).
- After list of books has been generated have students select the two books that they liked the most or had the most impact on them.
- Have each student share why they choose their particular book.
- Question students if they know of any book of books that have influenced historical events and culture.
- Have students to respond to the question orally and list on the board student responses.
- Write the book title Uncle Tom's Cabin. Explain to the students how this book was the first best seller in America and influenced the North's' participation in the Civil War.
- Students will orally recall Harriet Beecher Stowe and her influential book Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Students will research Harriet Beecher Stowe.
- Students will visit the "Uncle Tom's Cabin site and browse within their browse mode to read excerpts from Uncle Toms/ Cabin.
- Students will gather at least 10 facts on the author and the book.
- Students will write an original 3/8 essay on the impact or impressions of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
·Address the needs of any student with an Individual Educational Plan (IEP).
·Group students with various levels of ability when doing cooperative research work on the Internet in the lab or in the classroom.
Enrichment Activities:
- Students write a script to re-enact a scene from Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Have students write a book review of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Student oral participation (80% of class shares)
- Student brainstorming (90% participation)
- Student essay (rubric)
Language
Arts
7.1 identify and correct usage errors in oral communication
7.2 exhibit appropriate speaking etiquette (e.g., speaking in turn, using proper communication in technology, demonstrating interpersonal communication)
7.3 1,2,3,5,6,8 understand multi-step oral directions to perform
7.12 listen to oral communications to determine author's purpose
7.13 listen
to oral communications to compare and contrast information
.161,2,5,6,8 think critically about
the selection to foster exploration, questioning, and imagining
7.171,2,5,6,8 listen to oral communications and critique, evaluate, and summarize content from different perspectives
7.191,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11 read literary works by national and international authors to include but not be limited to biographies, short stories, science fiction, tall tales, legends, folktales, contemporary fiction, poetry, plays, and essays
7.514.10 use prewriting and drafting strategies to address specific writing purposes
7.524.10 compose a composition that is focused, coherent, and has a clear and logical progression of ideas
7.534.10 compose a composition that shows a smooth transition to produce a cohesive piece of writing
7.544.10 use a writing prompt to develop a composition on a given topic
7.604.10 use writing strategies to address specific types of writing (e.g., newspaper article, essay, journal, friendly letter, business letter, research, and poetry)
8.50 use writing strategies to write for audiences, including peers, teachers, and employers
8.564,7,10 use a writing prompt to develop a composition that is complete, varied, and economical
8.61 use and identify different types of sentences, paragraphs, and essays
8.62 demonstrate the use of personal writing for pleasure and enjoyment (e.g., journals, friendly letters)
8.63 make use of functional types of writing (e.g., book reports, friendly letters, essay questions, and outlining)
8.64 use electronic and traditional editing strategies (e.g., symbols, dictionaries) to correct spelling errors in computer-generated work (e.g., proper names, homophone, [in, inn].)
Language Arts-Writing
1.
Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the writing
process
2. Demonstrates competence in the stylistic
and rhetorical aspects of writing
3. Uses grammatical and mechanical conventions
in written compositions
Job/Career Clusters:
Fine Arts and Humanities
References:
National
Women's Hall of Fame
Outline
of American Literature
Ask.com
Uncle
Tom's Cabin
Author:
Mary
Ann Bozeman
Christopher
Godfrey
Sharon
Hutchison