Embracing Difference: The Hundred Dresses and Garvey's Choice

Lesson 5
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ELA

Unit 5

3rd Grade

Lesson 5 of 29

Objective


Explain how the dress game began and how Peggy’s actions impacted the entire community. 

Readings and Materials


  • Book: The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes  pp. 28 – 33

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Target Task


Writing Prompt

Explain how the dress game began. How did Peggy’s actions impact the entire community? 

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Key Questions


  • How did Peggy respond to Wanda’s comment about the dresses? How did her response influence Wanda? The other girls?

  • Maddie thinks that even though she felt uncomfortable, there was not anything she could do about it. Do you agree or disagree with this idea?

  • Why did the author most likely include this flashback? How does it help a reader better understand the text?

Vocabulary


impulsively

adv.

doing something suddenly without thought

incredulously

adv.

doing something with lack of belief

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Common Core Standards


  • RL.3.3 — Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
  • RL.3.5 — Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
  • RL.3.6 — Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.

Supporting Standards

L.3.4
L.3.4.b
RF.3.3
RF.3.4
RL.3.1
RL.3.4
RL.3.7
RL.3.10
SL.3.1
W.3.10

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Explain how the author shows that Maddie is conflicted about the way she treats Wanda and if you agree with Maddie’s rationalization of her actions.

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