Scholars synthesize evidence from Katherine Paterson's Lyddie to create a list of the pros and cons of Lyddie signing a petition about working conditions. They use the Lyddie's Decision anchor chart to record their thoughts and ideas about the topic.

Concepts

textual evidence, novels, characters, setting, plot, literary analysis

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Have partners share with each other what they would do if they were in Lyddie's position 

Classroom Considerations

• Installment 12 from the 20-part Grade 7 ELA Module 2a, Unit 1 series
• Requires a document camera and one copy of Lyddie for each student

Pros

• Includes helpful teaching notes
• Offers differentiation techniques

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.7.1 RL.7.3 SL.7.1.a SL.7.1.b SL.7.1.c SL.7.1.d L.7.4.a L.7.4.b L.7.4.c L.7.4.d