Underground to Canada Lit Link/Novel Study Grades 4-6
EBOTM14270
$16.99 CAD
Additional information:
- Author : Wearing, Judith
Julilly is a young girl and a slave. She lives on a cotton plantation in Virginia until she's sold and taken to Mississippi, where the food is scarce and the slave boss is very mean. She befriends Liza, a girl who is badly crippled from her beatings, and the two decide to escape to a country they've heard about where slaves are free: Canada. When a white man from Canada arrives and secretly gives them information about how to make the trip, the plan is sealed.
Reproducible chapter questions, plus comprehension questions, a story summary, author biography, creative and cross-curricular activities, complete with answer key. 64 pages.
Novel by Barbara Smucker.
The students will:
• develop their skills in reading, writing, listening, and oral communication
• use good literature as a vehicle for developing skills required by curriculum expectations: reasoning and critical thinking, knowledge of language structure, vocabulary building, and use of conventions
• become meaningfully engaged in the drama of literature through a variety of types of questions and activities
• identify and describe elements of stories (e.g., plot, main idea, characters, setting)
• learn and review many skills in order to develop good reading habits
• provide clear answers to questions and well-constructed explanations
• organize and classify information to clarify thinking
• learn about the history of slavery in the United States
• learn about the abstract concepts of prejudice, terror, injustice, kindness, pride, and courage
• relate events and feelings found in novels to their own lives and experiences
• appreciate the importance of friendship and loyalty in personal relationships
• learn the importance of dealing with adversity and developing perseverance in the face of adversity
• state their own interpretation of a written work, using evidence from the work and from their own knowledge and experience
• learn to accept and understand the horrors of slavery, the range of human behaviors from good to evil, and the importance of self-esteem
List of Activities
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