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Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Frederick Douglass

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Use Frederick Douglass by Barbara Kramer to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass's future was influenced early by his master's wife's controversial decision to begin teaching him to read. Use Barbara Kramer's fact-filled biography to share the important ways that Douglass use both printed and spoken words in his fight to end slavery and to create a better life for the freed slaves.

Teach students to comprehend using the features of nonfiction text to retell the important contributions Douglass made, make connections to the time period he lived in, visualize what life might have been like for Douglass, and determine which details are most important to remember.
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Determining Importance with Frederick Douglass

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Determining Importance with Frederick Douglass

This determining importance mini lesson will teach students how to use the features of nonfiction text to help them decide which details of Frederick Douglass's life are the most important to remember. Attending to the captions, chapter headings, and photographs will help readers zero in on the important information that author Barbara Kramer shares.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • SL.4.1cSL.4.1dSL.4.2W.4.8L.4.6RI.4.2W.4.9RI.4.7RI.4.8RI.4.10RF.4.3RF.4.4
TEKS Alignment
  • 4.6G4.9D(ii)4.6H4.9D(iii)4.6I4.10A4.7A4.13C4.7B4.13E4.7C4.13H4.1A4.7D4.1C4.7E4.6A4.7F4.6B4.7G4.6E4.9D(i)
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Making Connections with Frederick Douglass

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Making Connections with Frederick Douglass

Improve students' comprehension of Barbara Kramer's Frederick Douglass by showing them how to make connections to his life. Thinking about other historical figures who worked to help others, what they already know about the Underground Railroad and Abraham Lincoln, and what it is like to make a hard decision all support their understanding of the new information presented in this text.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • RI.4.2RI.4.10RF.4.3RF.4.4SL.4.1cSL.4.1dSL.4.2W.4.8L.4.6W.4.9RI.4.1
TEKS Alignment
  • 4.1C4.7G4.6A4.9D(i)4.6B4.9D(ii)4.6E4.9D(iii)4.6I4.13C4.7A4.13E4.7B4.13H4.7C4.7D4.7E4.1A4.7F
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Retelling & Summarizing with Frederick Douglass

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Retelling & Summarizing with Frederick Douglass

Retelling and summarizing nonfiction texts like Frederick Douglass by Barbara Kramer is an essential skill for reading comprehension. Students will be able to use the photographs, captions, and highlighted vocabulary words to identify and remember the important facts from the text.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • RI.4.2W.4.9RI.4.3RI.4.8RI.4.10RF.4.3RF.4.4SL.4.1cSL.4.1dSL.4.2W.4.8L.4.6
TEKS Alignment
  • 4.13H4.7D4.1A4.7E4.1C4.7F4.6A4.7G4.6B4.8A4.6G4.9D(i)4.6H4.9D(ii)4.6I4.9D(iii)4.7A4.13C4.7B4.13E4.7C
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Understanding Text Structure with Frederick Douglass

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Understanding Text Structure with Frederick Douglass

Author Barbara Kramer incorporated a variety of text structures when writing Frederick Douglass's biography. Use this focused mini lesson to teach students how to identify and use a text's organization to improve their understanding of the information being presented.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • SL.4.1dSL.4.2W.4.8L.4.6RI.4.1W.4.9RI.4.5RI.4.7RI.4.10RF.4.3RF.4.4SL.4.1c
TEKS Alignment
  • 4.10B4.7C4.10C4.7D4.13C4.7E4.13E4.7F4.13H4.7G4.1A4.8A4.1C4.9D(i)4.6A4.9D(ii)4.6B4.9D(iii)4.6I4.9F4.7B
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Visualizing with Frederick Douglass

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Visualizing with Frederick Douglass

When students create mental images while reading Frederick Douglass, they are using author Barbara Kramer's words to help them bridge the gap between the new information being presented and what they already know. Use this visualizing mini lesson to teach students how to check their thinking using the newspaper clippings, paintings, and illustrations.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • RF.4.3RF.4.4SL.4.1cSL.4.1dSL.4.2W.4.8L.4.6W.4.9RI.4.1RI.4.7RI.4.10
TEKS Alignment
  • 4.9D(ii)4.6B4.9D(iii)4.6D4.10C4.6E4.13C4.6I4.13E4.7A4.13H4.7B4.7C4.7E4.1A4.7F4.1C4.9D(i)4.6A
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Suffixes with Frederick Douglass

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Suffixes with Frederick Douglass

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use Frederick Douglass by Barbara Kramer as a springboard for instruction focused on suffixes.

By anchoring word study to the text, students will benefit from seeing how suffixes are used inside of the text before engaging in both guided and independent practice with words.

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  • RF.4.3RF.4.4
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Vocabulary Connections with Frederick Douglass

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Vocabulary Connections with Frederick Douglass

This set of vocabulary development resources for Frederick Douglass highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book. Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions and pictures, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

Common Core State Standards Alignment
  • L.4.4aL.4.5cL.4.6
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  • 4.7F4.3A4.3B4.7E
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Running Record with Frederick Douglass

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Running Record with Frederick Douglass

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Frederick Douglass. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

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Writing with Frederick Douglass

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The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.
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Determining Importance with Frederick Douglass (Spanish)

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Making Connections with Frederick Douglass (Spanish)

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Retelling & Summarizing with Frederick Douglass (Spanish)

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Understanding Text Structure with Frederick Douglass (Spanish)

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Visualizing with Frederick Douglass (Spanish)

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Writing with Frederick Douglass (Spanish)

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Title: Frederick Douglass
Author: Barbara Kramer
Genre: Biography, Nonfiction
Themes: Perseverance, Decision Making, Black History Month, Social Awareness
ISBN: 9781426327568
Publisher's Summary:
Discover the world of one of America's most celebrated abolitionists, writers, and orators in this inspirational biography of Frederick Douglass. Kids will learn about his life, achievements, and the challenges he faced along the way. The Level 2 text provides accessible, yet wide-ranging, information for independent readers
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