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Jim Murphy, The Great Fire - Grade 6 Lesson PlanJim Murphy, The Great Fire - Grade 6 Lesson Plan
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The Great Fire by Jim Murphy provides the text for a study of the Chicago fire of 1871. The plan is designed as a close reading activity so that all learners have the same background information require for writing. Richly detailed, the plan also includes photographs of Chicago, historic and contemporary articles, and directions for an argumentative writing assignment. A great resource.

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close reading, prose, disasters, poverty, graphing

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close reading, disasters, graphs, great fire of chicago, poverty, prose, persuasive paragraph, sentence syntax, city construction, city services, english language arts
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Grade
6th
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English Language Arts
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Duration
3 days
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Choral Response
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Common Core

RL.6.3 RI.6.1 RI.6.3 RI.6.4 RI.6.6 RI.6.7 RI.6.9 W.6.1.a W.6.4 W.6.9.a SL.6.1.a SL.6.2 L.6.5.a

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