Day 5

The Water Dancer Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    Before You Read Video

    Kind of Activity:

    Technology

    Objective:

    Students will create a video giving advice and information to future readers of The Water Dancer.

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.6

    Structure:

    In this activity, students will consider what an informed reader would need to know in order to read, enjoy, and analyze The Water Dancer. In other words, they will explore what they would have liked to know before they read the book. This activity is based on the Before You Read series on YouTube (Before You Read: The Bluest Eye).

    Organize students into groups. Ask the class: what would have been helpful to know before you read The Water Dancer? Then,...

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