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Frederick Douglass Resource Set
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- Grade Level: 4
- Guided Reading Level: Q
- Genre: Biography, Nonfiction
Summary
Frederick Douglass by Barbara Kramer
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.Watch an online read aloud of Frederick Douglass or read the book on Epic here.
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- Text Based Reader’s Notebook Prompts
- Word Work Lesson Plan and Activities for Suffixes
- Interactive Vocabulary Games and Activities
- Running Record Assessment
- Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
- Extension Activities for Early Finishers
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Frederick Douglass Resource Set
Determining Importance with Frederick Douglass
Common Core Alignment:
L.4.6 RF.4.3 RF.4.4 RI.4.1 RI.4.10 RI.4.2 RI.4.7 RI.4.8 SL.4.1c SL.4.1d SL.4.2 W.4.8 W.4.9
TEKS Alignment:
4.10A 4.13C 4.13E 4.13H 4.1A 4.1C 4.6A 4.6B 4.6E 4.6G 4.6H 4.6I 4.7A 4.7B 4.7C 4.7D 4.7E 4.7F 4.7G 4.9D(i) 4.9D(ii) 4.9D(iii)
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Making Connections with Frederick Douglass
Common Core Alignment:
L.4.6 RF.4.3 RF.4.4 RI.4.1 RI.4.10 RI.4.3 RL.4.2 SL.4.1c SL.4.1d SL.4.2 W.4.8 W.4.9
TEKS Alignment:
4.13C 4.13E 4.13H 4.1A 4.1C 4.6A 4.6B 4.6E 4.6I 4.7A 4.7B 4.7C 4.7D 4.7E 4.7F 4.7G 4.9D(i) 4.9D(ii) 4.9D(iii)
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Retelling and Summarizing with Frederick Douglass
Common Core Alignment:
L.4.6 RF.4.3 RF.4.4 RI.4.10 RI.4.2 RI.4.3 RI.4.8 SL.4.1c SL.4.1d SL.4.2 W.4.8 W.4.9
TEKS Alignment:
4.13C 4.13E 4.13H 4.1A 4.1C 4.6A 4.6B 4.6G 4.6H 4.6I 4.7A 4.7B 4.7C 4.7D 4.7E 4.7F 4.7G 4.8A 4.9D(i) 4.9D(ii) 4.9D(iii)
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Understanding Text Structure with Frederick Douglass
Common Core Alignment:
L.4.6 RF.4.3 RI.4.1 RI.4.10 RI.4.5 RI.4.7 SL.4.1c SL.4.1d SL.4.2 W.4.8 W.4.9
TEKS Alignment:
4.10B 4.10C 4.13C 4.13E 4.13H 4.1A 4.1C 4.6A 4.6B 4.6I 4.7B 4.7C 4.7D 4.7E 4.7F 4.7G 4.8A 4.9D(i) 4.9D(ii) 4.9D(iii) 4.9F
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Visualizing with Frederick Douglass
Common Core Alignment:
L.4.6 RF.4.3 RF.4.4 RI.4.1 RI.4.10 RI.4.7 SL.4.1c SL.4.1d SL.4.2 W.4.8 W.4.9
TEKS Alignment:
4.10C 4.13C 4.13E 4.13H 4.1A 4.1C 4.6A 4.6B 4.6D 4.6E 4.6I 4.7A 4.7B 4.7C 4.7E 4.7F 4.9D(i) 4.9D(ii) 4.9D(iii)
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Frederick Extension Activity
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Frederick Douglass Running Record
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Frederick Douglass Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
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Frederick Douglass Word Work - Suffixes
Common Core Alignment:
RF.4.3 RF.4.4
TEKS Alignment:
4.2A(v) 4.2B(vii)
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Frederick Douglass Vocabulary Connections
Common Core Alignment:
L.4.4a L.4.5c L.4.6
TEKS Alignment:
4.3A 4.3B 4.7E 4.7F
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