Planning and Activities

Explore recounts using biographies from the civil rights movement: Henry’s Freedom Box and the story of Rosa Parks' life. Use dialogue punctuation, apostrophes and paragraphs.
Start with the core unit to introduce key texts. Then select from comprehension, SPAG and composition units.
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
Essential Text
Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
Essential Text
Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
Presentation
SPAG: Writing and Punctuating Dialogue
Essential Text
Who was Rosa Parks? by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Optional Text
Little People, Big dreams: Rosa Parks by Lisbeth Kaiser
Presentation
SPAG: Paragraphs
Essential Texts
Little People, Big dreams: Rosa Parks by Lisbeth Kaiser
Who was Rosa Parks? by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Presentation
SPAG: Uses of Apostrophes
There is no spelling and grammar presentation for this unit.
Essential Texts
Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
Who was Rosa Parks? by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Little People, Big dreams: Rosa Parks by Lisbeth Kaiser
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