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Title of Lesson: Compassion: The Tie That Binds

Patricia Polacco
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Civil War Unit

Pink and Say by

How can I show kindness and


compassion to someone who is
different?
Students will use evidence from the book
to show how Pinkus Aylee and Sheldon
Russell Curtis are alike and how they
differ.
CCSS.ELA Literacy RI.5.2 Determine a
theme of a story, drama, or poem from
details in the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy RL.5.3 Compare
and contrast two or more characters,
settings or events in a story or drama,
drawing on specific details in the text
(e.g., how characters interact).
CCSS.ELA Literacy RL.5.4 Determine
the meaning of words and how phases
as they are used in the text, including
figurative language such as metaphors
and similes.
CCSS.ELA Literacy RL.5.6 Describe
how a narrators or speakers point of
view influences how events are
described.
CCSS.ELA Literacy RI 5.7 Draw on
information from multiple print or digital
sources, demonstrating the ability to
locate an answer to a question quickly or
solve a problem efficiently.
CCSS.ELA Literacy W5.7 Conduct
short research projects that use several
sources to build knowledge through
investigation of different aspects of a
topic.
CCSS.ELA Literacy W5.8 Recall
relevant information from experiences or
gather relevant information from print
and digital sources; summarize or
paraphrase information in notes and
finished work and provide a list of
sources.
CCSS.ELA Literacy W.5.9 Draw
evidence from literary or informational
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texts to support analysis, reflection and


research.
Language Arts, Socials Studies
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Activity Overview:

PrintCivil War Books, Magazines


12 Copies of Pink and Say
Digital:
World Book Online
PDF of Pink and Say
Index Cards
Poster Paper (Venn Diagram)

Marauder
Smote
Mustered
Wrenched
Mahogany
Inconsolable
Company
Muskets
Cleaved
Buckboard
Bull Run
Deserter
Porridge
Traitor
Citation
In previous lesson during their
Social Studies class, students
have collected Civil War facts from
our nonfiction informational books
and World Book Online. At that
time, each student found at least
ten civil war facts which were
written on color coded index
cards. Students cited sources
used.
Students will listen to the reading
of Pink and Say by LMS.
Students will view illustrations
from the book as large screen
displays.
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LMS will stop periodically to make


parallels with historical facts
associated with the Civil War using
the information from the Social
Studies lesson
LMS will ask varying types of
questions as formative
assessments of student
understanding.
Students will work together in
high/low pairings.
Students will complete Venn
diagram comparing the physical
and character traits of Pinkus and
Sheldon using evidence from the
book.

Created and Submitted by: Phyllis Carman- DuPont Hadley Middle Prep

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