Illustration of the title page of the selection “Escaping to Freedom”
Selection 1 Overview

  • ► Build Background

  • Language & Grammar

    Summarize

    Use Nouns in the Subject and Predicate

  • ► Prepare to Read

    Learn Key Vocabulary

    Learn a Reading Strategy

    Determine Importance

  • ► Read and Write

    Focus on Genre

    Biography

    Apply the Reading Strategy

    Determine Importance

    Critical Thinking

    Reading Fluency

    Read with Intonation

    Vocabulary Review

    Write About the Guiding Question

  • ► Connect Across the Curriculum

    Literary Analysis

    Analyze Text Structure: Cause and Effect

    Vocabulary Study

    Use Context Clues

    Research/Writing

    Research the Underground Railroad

    Listening/Speaking

    Dramatize a Song

    Language and Grammar

    Summarize

    Writing and Grammar

    Write About Freedom

Build Background
Learn About Slavery

Until the mid-1800s, many landowners in the Americas used slave labor on their farms. Life was very hard for the enslaved people.

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Slave houses in 1860

Slave houses in 1860

Connect

Discussion What traits did people need if they wanted to help enslaved people reach safety? Brainstorm and make a list. Then tell which traits you have.

Traits

  • 1. Courage

  • 2. Ability to keep secrets

  • 3. Concern about people

  • 4. Ability to solve problems

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