Katherine Paterson’s young adult novel Lyddie is the foundation of a differentiated instruction unit that not only explores the rise of industrialization and labor but women’s rights issues as well. After learners read the novel, they work on writing an expository essay that demonstrates their literary analysis skills, as well as honing their narrative and persuasive writing techniques.

Concepts

literary analysis, informative writing, expository essays, katherine paterson

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Additional Tags

resource guide, english language arts

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Pros

• Resource links, list of activities, assessment tools, and template for planning modifications make this a powerful teacher resource
• Connects history, technology, and language arts objectives

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.6.2.a W.7.2.a W.8.2.a RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.3