Lesson
1
:
Learning Courage from Literature
Grade
Grade 2
UNIT
5
•
Courage
Unit 5, Lesson 1, “Learning Courage from Literature,” reinforces the vocabulary word courage. Students will learn examples of courage from a contemporary work of children’s literature. Additionally, students will write their own sentences about courage. Finally, students will practice their reading and conversation skills by sharing their sentences with classmates.
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SUGGESTED TIME:
20 minutes
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
- Listen to a read aloud to reinforce understanding of English sentence structure, syntax, and grammar
- Practice reading aloud to a partner to support reading comprehension
- Compose sentences about the text and about courage
- Demonstrate understanding of standard English sentence structure and grammar in writing and speaking
- Practice reading and conversation skills by sharing sentences with classmates
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
- Book: Standing on Her Shoulders: A Celebration of Women by Monica Clark-Robinson and/or
- Video: Read aloud of Standing on Her Shoulders by Miss Alivia Reads (~4 min)
- Video: Brief descriptions of the women featured in Standing on Her Shoulders by I Can Read (~9 min)
- Prohuman Grade 2 Unit 5 Worksheet 1: Learning Courage from Literature
VOCABULARY:
- Courage: I do what I think is right even when I am afraid.
ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS MET
CHARACTER AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL (CSED) NATIONAL STANDARDS MET
LESSON PROCEDURE
Today we will learn about courage.
- Ask students what courage means.
- Give the definition of courage: I do what I think is right even when I am afraid.
- Show the students this image from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.
- Ask the students how the person in this image is showing courage.
- Have students answer the first question on their worksheets—what is one way they can show courage?
- Today we will read a book about women who showed courage. Read the book: Standing on Her Shoulders: A Celebration of Women by Monica Clark-Robinson and/or
- Play the video: Read aloud of Standing on Her Shoulders by Miss Alivia Reads (~4 min)
- Play the video: Brief descriptions of the women featured in Standing on Her Shoulders by I Can Read (~9 min)
- Ask students to answer the questions on their worksheet
- Ask students to read their sentences to a partner.
GRADE 2 UNIT 5 WORKSHEET 1: LEARNING COURAGE FROM LITERATURE
Courage: I do what I think is right even when I am afraid.
- What is one way you can show courage?
- Which of the women featured in the book interested you the most?
- Athletes: Serena Williams, Megan Rapinoe, Simone Biles, Chloe Kim
- Artists: Mary Cassatt, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keefe, Faith Ringgold
- Politicians: Hillary Rodham Clinton, Deb Haaland, Shirley Chisholm
- Activists: Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Mary Church Terrell, Jane Addams, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth
- Educator: Septima Poinsette Clark
- Authors: Louisa May Alcott, Maya Angelou, Zora Neale Hurston
- Explorers: Sacajawea, Bessie Coleman, Nellie Bly
- Scientists: Ynes Mexia, Harriet Chalmers Adams
- Why does this woman interest you?
- How did this woman show courage?
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