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Making Connections Lesson Plan and Teaching Resources for Henry’s Freedom Box

Making Connections Lesson Plan and Teaching Resources for Henry’s Freedom Box

The themes of slavery, loss and freedom in Henry's Freedom Box allow more sophisticated readers to practice making deeper connections. In order to fully engage with this story, readers will need to make connections to other texts they've read about slavery and the prior knowledge they have about this topic.
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  • Note: This set of instructional resources is for use with the book Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine. A copy of the book is not included in this set of resources.
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The themes of slavery, loss and freedom in Henry's Freedom Box allow more sophisticated readers to practice making deeper connections. In order to fully engage with this story, readers will need to make connections to other texts they've read about slavery and the prior knowledge they have about this topic.
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  • Making Connections lesson plan for Henry’s Freedom Box
  • Making Connections worksheet and answer key
  • Making Connections graphic organizer
  • Reader’s notebook prompt with optional ‘I Can’ statements
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Book Title:
Henry’s Freedom Box
Book Author:
Ellen Levine
Grade Level:
4
Genre(s):
Biography, Historical Fiction
F&P Guided Reading Level:
Q
DRA Level:
40
Reading Recovery Level:
40
Theme(s):
Award Winners, Black History Month, Decision Making, Perseverance, Self Management
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Making Connections:
RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.10, RF.4.3, RF.4.4, SL.4.1c, SL.4.1d, SL.4.2, W.4.8, L.4.6, W.4.9
Making Connections:
4.1A, 4.1C, 4.6A, 4.6B, 4.6E, 4.6I, 4.7A, 4.7B, 4.7C, 4.7D, 4.7E, 4.7F, 4.7G, 4.9D(i), 4.9D(ii), 4.9D(iii), 4.13C, 4.13E, 4.13H
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