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Identifying Theme: Connecting Passages from Esperanza Rising to Human Rights Lesson PlanIdentifying Theme: Connecting Passages from Esperanza Rising to Human Rights Lesson Plan
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EngageNY
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5th
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English Language Arts
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45 mins
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Year
2014
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Identifying Theme: Connecting Passages from Esperanza Rising to Human Rights

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  • Full Grade 5 ELA Module 1 (.pdf)
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Even fictional characters have rights. Scholars read selected passages from Pam Muñoz Ryan's Esperanza Rising and consider which of the five categories from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the text relates to. They glue each passage onto the UDHR category card that best connects to the passage. 

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

esperanza rising, close reading, the universal declaration of human rights, literary themes, human rights

Instructional Ideas

  • Invite pupils to find additional passages from the text to add to their UDHR category cards

Classroom Considerations

  • Part five of 12 from the Grade 5 ELA Module 1, Unit 3 series
  • Requires resources from previous lessons
  • Prepare UDHR category cards in advance

Pros

  • Includes helpful teaching notes
  • Offers strategies for differentiation 

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.5.2 W.5.8

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