Sample of Units of Study - Spring 2008

The following units of study were developed by graduate students in one of Lucy Calkins’ classes at Teachers College. The authors have agreed to share their units electronically with you in hopes that you make them your own. Think of these as rough drafts (albeit especially well developed, rich, promising drafts) and tweak, alter, splice, turn inside out. If you DO teach one of these, the author(s) would no doubt like to hear from you (you’ll notice that most of the units include a letter written by the author, looking back on the unit after it was written, thinking about ways to improve on it). Email Lucy and we’ll forward your ideas to the author(s).  

 

 


Reading Historical Fiction with a Critical Lens

Historical Fiction

 

How to Grow Big Ideas About Characters Through Fiction Texts

Reading with Our Minds on Fire: Fantasy

 

Reading for Social Issues

Personal Response Book Clubs: Having Conversations in Our Minds and with Others

 

Looking at books through the lens of struggle
Why Social Issue Book Clubs? - Grade 8

 

Reading for Personal Response and Synthesis

Examining Social Issues Through Book Clubs -
Grade 3

 

 
Why Social Issues? Why Book Clubs?
Grades 3-5
 

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