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- Full Grade 7 ELA Module 3 (.pdf)
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- Full Grade 7 ELA Module 3, Unit 3 (.pdf)
- Grade 7 ELA Module 3, Unit 3, Lesson 1 (.html)
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Using a Venn diagram, class members generate similarities and differences between narratives and summaries. Next, pupils co-create an anchor chart to capture their thinking about how an author zooms in on a particular part of a story.
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- Have students practice rewriting summaries as personal narratives
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- First lesson from the 12-part Grade 7 ELA Module 3, Unit 3 series
- Requires the picture book Frederick Douglass: The Last Day of Slavery by William Miller
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