Henry's Freedom Box Analysis

Unpacking the Standards
PART ONE:
1. “Read and discuss historical fiction”.

2. The students will be able to read “Henry's Freedom Box” by Ellen Levine, and discuss the characteristics of this book and what makes it a historical fiction text.

The students will be able to compare “Henry’s Freedom Box” to their social studies textbook during a class discussion.

3. I will assess my student’s mastery of this objective by creating an open conversation within the entire class by asking questions, and before each student is dismissed, they will each hand in a piece of paper with one difference and similarity between the two texts written down.

4.
Proficiency: To show proficiency with this objective, the students need to read the book “Henry’s Freedom Box” and insert a couple of comments during the discussion, within their group or with the whole class.
Mastery: To show mastery with this objective, the students should be able to independently read “Henry’s Freedom Box” and comprehend different aspects of the book. For mastery to be reached the student needs to be very involved when we are discussing the
An activity that can be used to attain proficiency of the objective, would be for the students to read the book “Henry’s Freedom Box” independently. After each student has read the book and understands the context of the book. Each student will be given a handout that is a paper divided in half and one side says “same” and the other says “different” that they need to complete. After that, the class will be divided into two groups. The first group will come together and list several similarities between the history textbook and “Henry’s Freedom Box”. The second group will list the differences between the history textbook and the book. After everyone has listed either a similarity or difference, we will come together as an entire class and I will write all the ideas down on the smart board and we will review everyone’s ideas once they are all written