UNIT 2- MIGRATION STORIESLesson 2: Establishing Historical Context

INDEPENDENT READING

Get an SSR book and read for 15 minutes.

Instead of a metalog… On page 10 of your workbooks write 2 questions

that you have, based on your SSR reading. Be sure to include all parts (Date, Title, etc.)

Record your reading on page 33 of your workbook

WORD STUDY

Precarious (adj) dangerously

unstable, unsteady or insecure

WORD STUDY

Humiliate (verb) to

damage someone’s dignity or pride

READ-ALOUD/THINK-ALOUD

Strategy: Ask questions/clarify Summarize chapter #1 Reading pages 6-12 Focus on the differences between then and

now Stopping points

Page 8, Paragraph 5 Will the children be involved with the issue of slavery?

Page 11, Paragraph 1 Why does the mother back away from Frances Mary?

Identify target words in context

CLASSROOM CONVERSATION

What do you think about the lives of the Kelly family?

What are some of the advantages that the Kelly’s have?

What challenges could the family have in the future?

What questions do you have about the family and the situation so far?

Add questions to next slide.

QUESTIONS ABOUT: A FAMILY APART

Student Responses: Who was the man that gave the book/combs to

Frances? –Aris Do we know their names? –Nielah What is the main characters name? –Nyesha Why is the family so poor? –Yenissa Where is the family going to go “in the future”? –

Ethan Why was the man so mean to Francis Mary? –Tia

WHOLE CLASS INSTRUCTION

FEATURES OF HISTORICAL FICTION

Student Responses: Based on a particular time period. –Tia Real events. –Donquell Characters don’t need to be real. –Yenissa Uses elements from specific time periods. –Kereston

It’s a narrative, a story. The setting is in a real time or place of the

past. Plot or action may include a significant event

from the past. Characters may include real people who made

important contributions to the culture or time period in which the novel is set.

Real and fictional events are woven together.

ESTABLISHING HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Find the copyright date of A Family Apart in the front of the novel.

How does the author make the time period of the novel believable?

What are the differences between then and now? Transportation, schools, clothing, social

customs, money, jobs, etc.

HISTORICAL DETAILS

10 cents was a lot of money

Top hats & canes were cool

Handsome cab (horse and buggy)

10 cents alone can barely buy a piece of gum .

North face jackets, beanies, “skully”

Cars

THEN NOW

HISTORICAL DETAILS

4-Cent pamphlet on Abe Lincoln

“urchins” Iron-rimmed wheels

$20+ books on current politicians

“kids” tires

THEN NOW

SMALL GROUP WORK

Create a story about a character who has to run an errand for a teacher in school today (the main character may be fictional or real).

Work in small groups to brainstorm Kind of errand, transportation, location, etc.

Write a short story on Page 2 of your workbooks about how the errand is completed. Include: Setting, main character, other characters, etc.

Each student will write their own narrative. Underline details that show the reader that this

event happened in the present.

CLOSURE

Share Writing!

Homework: Over vacation… Ask the oldest person that

you know what they might include in a historical novel based on their childhood.