Before Reading

Lesson Plans for MEETING MRS. PIERCE Level X

Before Reading

Build Background
Involve students in a discussion about voting. Ask them who they think should have the right to vote and why. Ask for their thoughts on the idea that along with the right to vote comes responsibility. Write the words women’s suffrage on the board. Ask students what they think the words mean. Explain that less than 100 years ago, women did not have the right to vote. Ask how they think this law was changed.

Introduce the Book
Introduce the book by showing students the front cover and reading the title.
Ask: What do you see on the cover? Who do you think Mrs. Pierce is? What do you think might happen in this story?
Record students' predictions on the board.

Give students their copies of the book and have them turn to the table of contents.
Ask: What is a prologue? What is an epilogue?

Skim and Scan
Have students skim the book, previewing the illustrations. Ask them to predict what might be happening in each illustration. Ask them who they think the people shown in the illustrations are and what their connections to the story might be.

Point out the bold-faced words in the text. Explain to students that often they can use the context of the sentence or paragraph to figure out the meaning of the word. Point out the glossary at the end of the book. Have them find the word suffrage and compare the definition in the glossary to the definition they gave during the Build Background discussion.

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Introduce the Book
Introduce the book by showing students the front cover and reading the title.
Ask: What do you see on the cover? Who do you think Mrs. Pierce is? What do you think might happen in this story?
Record students' predictions on the board.

Give students their copies of the book and have them turn to the table of contents.
Ask: What is a prologue? What is an epilogue?

Skim and Scan
Have students skim the book, previewing the illustrations. Ask them to predict what might be happening in each illustration. Ask them who they think the people shown in the illustrations are and what their connections to the story might be.

Point out the bold-faced words in the text. Explain to students that often they can use the context of the sentence or paragraph to figure out the meaning of the word. Point out the glossary at the end of the book. Have them find the word suffrage and compare the definition in the glossary to the definition they gave during the Build Background discussion.