Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail by Elvira Woodruff
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Theme: |
Letter Writing
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Grades: |
6 - 8
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Subject: |
Reading and Language Arts
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Duration: |
One class session
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Standards
& Goals: |
Florida State Learning Standards
- The student uses the reading process effectively.
- The student constructs meaning from a wide range of texts.
- The student uses listening strategies effectively.
- The student responds critically to fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama.
Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standards.
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Objectives: |
Students will:
- Read the book, Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail by Elvira Woodruff.
- Write a friendly and informative letter to a friend or loved one.
- Demonstrate proper letter writing techniques.
- Informally research (through observation) and describe their activities for one day in a letter.
- Gain an understanding of the challenges children and adults faced back in the early 1850’s while migrating from the east to the west of the United States.
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