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A Guide to the Works of Jacqueline Woodson Lesson PlanA Guide to the Works of Jacqueline Woodson Lesson Plan
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A Guide to the Works of Jacqueline Woodson

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The works of Jacqueline Woodson introduce readers to diverse characters and themes. A guide covers many of the author's best-known books such as Brown Girl Dreaming and Locomotion. Dive & Discuss and Explore & Extend activities accompany each title, while larger thematic descriptions appear before each level of text.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

children's literature, famous african americans, picture books, book studies, novels

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Read news articles on race, racism, and other themes that appear in the texts
  • Create a character analysis graphic organizer to help analyze Woodson's complex characters 

Classroom Considerations

  • Features titles for a range of grades from lower elementary through high school

Pros

  • Groups texts by type (picture book, middle grade book, etc.)
  • Highlights key skills covered in each set of lesson plans

Cons

  • Lacks full lesson plans for each book

Common Core

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