Fighting Injustice: Uprising & Flesh and Blood So Cheap

Lesson 16
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ELA

Unit 2

7th Grade

Lesson 16 of 38

Objective


Explain how Haddix develops characters’ conflicting perspectives and identify events that change the way characters understand the world.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix  pp. 189 – 211

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Target Task


Writing Prompt

On page 206, Jane tells Bella and Yetta, “Everything I have was bought with blood.”

  • What does she mean by this figurative language?
  • How does this show that Jane’s perspective of her own life has changed?
  • What caused this change in her perspective?

Carefully explain your thinking and provide at least two pieces of evidence from the text to support your answers.

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Key Questions


Close Read Questions

  • What is significant about Jane’s decision to “step forward, into her father's study”? How does this represent a change in her character? Carefully explain your reasoning, providing evidence from the text.

  • How do Jane and her father’s perspectives of the strikers differ? How does Haddix develop this difference in perspective? Provide at least two pieces of evidence to support your answer.

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Vocabulary


Text-based

tainted

adj.

(p. 197)

contaminated, spoiled, damaged

Homework


To ensure that students are prepared for the next lesson, have students complete the following reading for homework. Use guidance from the next lesson to identify any additional language or background support students may need while independently engaging with the text.

  • Book: Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix  pp. 213 – 234

While reading, answer the following questions.

  • Where are Bella and Yetta working?

  • What do Bella and Yetta struggle to tell Jane that she needs to do if she continues to live with them?

  • Who is Jane applying to be a governess for?

  • What does Jane think of the house where she is interviewing?

  • What does she think of the girls she will be teaching?

  • What do Yetta, Jane, and Bella promise one another?

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Common Core Standards


  • RL.7.3 — Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
  • RL.7.6 — Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.

Supporting Standards

L.7.6
RL.7.1
RL.7.2
RL.7.4
RL.7.10
SL.7.1
SL.7.6
W.7.1
W.7.1.a
W.7.1.b
W.7.4
W.7.10
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