Up From Slavery
Autobiography (nonfiction), 1,888 words, Level X (Grade 5)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension	Make Inferences
Grammar and Mechanics	Complex Sentences
Word Work	Content Vocabulary

Book Summary

Booker T. Washington was a slave on a plantation in Virginia until he was nine years old. His autobiography offers readers a look into his life as a young child. Simple pleasures, such as eating with a fork, sleeping in a bed, and wearing comfortable clothing, were unavailable to Washington and his family. His brief glimpses into a schoolhouse were all it took to make him long for a chance to study and learn. Readers will enjoy the straightforward and strong voice Washington uses to tell his story.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of making connections to prior knowledge to understand nonfiction text
• Make inferences
• Identify and form complex sentences
• Use content vocabulary

Vocabulary

• Content words: big house, Emancipation Proclamation, entangled, flax, manual labor, overseer, paradise, plantation, quarters, scolding, self-reliance, trade, woe

Book Resources

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