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A Teacher’s Guide for Grades 4-6:

Feathers

This novel explores how Frannie, an outspoken 11-year-old girl, comes to develop a keen understanding of difference when a new kid, who is different from all the other kids in her class, appears at her school. ย We chose this book for its courageous exploration of important social and emotional themes: race, disability, grief, adoption, and hope. This curriculum will inspire students to build connections between Frannie’s transformative life story and their own.

Feathers tells the story of Frannie, a sixth grade girl who is looking for a little hope in the world. Frannie lives on the side of the highway where African-Americans reside; she wonders about the other side of the highway, where the white people live. One day, a white boy joins her class. He is teased, and the other kids start to call him Jesus Boy, a nickname he decides to keep. Meanwhile, Frannieโ€™s brother Sean is navigating adolescence while deaf and struggles with feeling disconnected from both the white world and the hearing world. Set amongst the culture and conflicts of a 70s-era urban city, Frannie encounters some enlightening experiences and finds hope in many different places.

Author:ย  Jacqueline Woodson

Our Reading with Relevance teacherโ€™s guide breaks the novel into a series of thoughtful lesson plans. Each lesson is designed to support you to meaningfully explore the social and emotional themes of the dayโ€™s reading with your students, inspiring them to read deeply, think critically, talk openly, and write reflectively about topics that matter.

This teacherโ€™s guide includes:

  • A facilitatorโ€™s guide with tips and resources for implementing the curriculum.
  • A map of Common Core Standards addressed through this program.
  • Eight individual lesson plans, including vocabulary, discussionย questions, journal prompts, extension activities, and allย handouts.
  • Two assessments to monitor student progress throughout the program.
  • Regular checkpoints to help teachers assess their studentsโ€™ progress on ELA standards.
  • A culminating essay-writing unit.
  • An appendix with additional teaching resources and activities toย continue exploring this novel.

Pages: 68
Dimensions: 8.5โ€ x 11โ€

$150.00

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