Belonging to a Movement: One Crazy Summer

Lesson 13
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ELA

Alternate Unit 5

5th Grade

Lesson 13 of 31

Objective


Compare and contrast what Cecile, Delphine, the Anktons, Fern, and Vonetta know and understand and how it influences the way they view Miss Patty Cake.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia  — "Coloring and La-La" and "Counting and Skimming"

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Target Task


Writing Prompt

Each character has a different response to the events with Miss Patty Cake. 

Compare and contrast what Cecile, Delphine, the Anktons, Fern, and Vonetta know and understand and how it influences the way they view the events with Miss Patty Cake. 

Extend: Which character’s point of view on Miss Patty Cake do you connect with most? Why? 

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Key Questions


  • What activity does Sister Mukumbu have for the kids at the Center? Based on what you know about the Black Panther movement, why do you think she has this activity set up? 

  • Describe what happens with the Ankton girls at the Center. How does Vonetta respond? Delphine? Fern? What do their responses show about the role they each play in the family? 

  • What does Vonetta do to Miss Patty Cake? Why? 

  • How do Fern, Cecile, and Delphine respond to Vonetta’s actions? Why? 

  • Does the incident with Miss Patty Cake change the relationship between Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern? Why? 

  • Why does stacking newspapers influence Delphine? What does it show about her as a person? 

  • How might this chapter have been different if told from another character’s point of view? 

Vocabulary


begrudgingly

adv.

(p. 91)

to do or say something in a way that shows you don't really want to do it

defiant

adj.

(p. 97)

refusing to obey something or someone

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Common Core Standards


  • RL.5.3 — Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
  • RL.5.6 — Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.

Supporting Standards

L.5.4
L.5.5
RF.5.3
RF.5.4
RL.5.1
RL.5.4
RL.5.10
SL.5.1
W.5.10

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Defend if Delphine should have been allowed to read the Black Panther paper and why.

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