Atlantic Crossing
El cruce del Atlántico
Atlantic Crossing
Atlantic Crossing
Atlantic Crossing
Atlantic Crossing
Atlantic Crossing
Leaving his home in Dublin to immigrate to the United States was the last thing Patrick Kelley wanted to do. But Ireland's potato famine of 1846 forced thousands of people to either flee or starve. Once aboard the Donegal, Patrick began to feel a sense of excitement as he watched the ocean's waves crest and fall. However, only a short while later, Patrick would become the unlikely hero on his voyage to America.
Lesson Resources
Response to Reading
Ready Routine
Use the READY Routine resources to help students build strong, evidence-based responses to text-dependent questions through a scaffolded process of reading, analysis, collaborative discussion, and writing.
Read the text
Examine the question
Analyze the text
Discuss your thinking
You write a response
Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions to understand fictional text
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