Lesson 1: Claudette Colvin Explains Her Role in the Civil Rights Movement
Duration of Days: 3
Lesson Objective
After an initial reading and discussion of the informational text, students will be able to identify and describe key ideas and details while visualizing to deepen understanding.
After engaging in a close reading and discussion of the informational text “Claudette Colvin Explains Her Role in the Civil Rights Movement,” students will be able to:
students will be able to identify and describe key ideas and details while visualizing to deepen understanding.
-students will be able to identify and analyze author’s purpose and point of view in “Claudette Colvin Explains Her Role in the Civil Rights Movement.”
-students will be able to identify and analyze informational text elements in “Claudette Colvin Explains Her Role in the Civil Rights Movement.”
- write a short response that explains how the author uses informational text elements to achieve her purpose.
- analyze the representation of a subject as portrayed in two different mediums and integrate information from two credible sources.
What brings us back to one another?
What can we learn from heroes of the past?
adult
contemporary
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highlight
humanism
rational
sacred
self-actualization
tense
theme
CCSS: RI.9-10.1, RI.9-10.2, RI.9-10.5, L.9-10.4.A
DOK 1 - 4
sentence frames
word bank
text-dependent question guide
After engaging in a close reading and discussion of “Claudette Colvin Explains Her Role in the Civil Rights Movement,” students will be able to write a short response that explains how the author uses informational text elements to achieve her purpose.
One could argue that the author's purpose for writing this piece is to convey a message about the importance of remembering unsung heroes. How does the author’s use of text elements help her achieve this purpose? In your response, explain several aspects of the text’s format and structure that are important to the author’s purpose.