Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Under the Quilt of Night

Use Under the Quilt of Night by Deborah Hopkinson to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

Under the Quilt of Night is a historical fiction story about a runaway slave girl who is bravely navigating the Underground Railroad with her family. In this book, readers will follow the dangerous journey of a group of slaves who seek secret messages hidden in quilts to identify safe houses along their quest for freedom. This story will engage the curiosity of readers and support comprehension lessons on asking questions, understanding text structure and synthesizing.

Explore lesson plans and activities to help you teach with Under the Quilt of Night in the drop down below.

Asking Questions with Under the Quilt of Night

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Asking Questions with Under the Quilt of Night

The themes presented in Under the Quilt of Night make it ideal for a lesson on asking questions. Readers will naturally ask logical questions about slavery and the Underground Railroad to further their understanding of this story.
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Synthesizing with Under the Quilt of Night

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Synthesizing with Under the Quilt of Night

Students will need to employ multiple reading strategies, like making text-to-text connections, visualizing and asking questions, to fully comprehend this text. Using this lesson plan, students will pause throughout their reading to recognize which strategy they're applying at specific points to inform their understanding and opinion of this text.
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Understanding Text Structure with Under the Quilt of Night

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Understanding Text Structure with Under the Quilt of Night

This book gives readers a unique opportunity to practice drawing out meaning from a historical fiction book written in prose. Readers will learn how to read and comprehend poetry to gather new information and improve reading comprehension.
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Parts of Speech with Under the Quilt of Night

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Parts of Speech with Under the Quilt of Night

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use Under the Quilt of Night by Deborah Hopkinson as a springboard for instruction focused on parts of speech.

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

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Vocabulary Connections with Under the Quilt of Night

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Vocabulary Connections with Under the Quilt of Night

This set of vocabulary development resources for Under the Quilt of Night 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.

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Running Record with Under the Quilt of Night

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Running Record with Under the Quilt of Night

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Under the Quilt of Night. 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.

Retelling and Summarizing with Under the Quilt of Night

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Retelling and Summarizing with Under the Quilt of Night

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.

Asking Questions with Under the Quilt of Night (Spanish)

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Synthesizing with Under the Quilt of Night (Spanish)

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Understanding Text Structure with Under the Quilt of Night (Spanish)

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Retelling and Summarizing with Under the Quilt of Night (Spanish)

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About the Book

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Title: Under the Quilt of Night
Author: Deborah Hopkinson
Genre: Historical Fiction, Poetry
Themes: History, Black History Month, Family
ISBN: 9781481406284
Publisher's Summary:
When night falls, and all is quiet, a slave girl starts to run. She follows the moon into the woods, leading her loved ones away from their master. There's only one place where he might not find them, and it's under the quilt of night. Guided by the stars, they head north in the direction of freedom. At last, the girl sees a quilt -- the quilt with a center square made from deep blue fabric -- and knows it's a signal from friends on the Underground Railroad, welcoming her into their home. And so she steps forward...
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