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Underground to Canada

Novel Study Guide - Grades 5 to 6 - Print Book - Lesson Plan

  • Underground to Canada - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6 - print book
  • Underground to Canada - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6 - print book
  • Underground to Canada - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6 - print book
  • Underground to Canada - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6 - print book
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Order #: CC2510 ISBN13: 978-1-55319-342-5 Grades: 5, 6 Reading Level: 5-6 Total Page: 55 Author: Marie-Helen Goyetche
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  • Excellent!- appreciate the deeper thinking/ inference type of questions included.

    MEREDITH DYKSTRA
  • Very comprehensive and thorough - was good for my more accomplished readers.

    sarah hern
  • This is a great resource. Just be aware that this novel is best suited to a mature group of students due to the language and content.

    bolton99
  • This was perfect for my grade 5 class. Thank you.

    Crystal Scott
  • This is a great resource for the book!

    Book Fairies and Garden Gnomes
  • Excellent resource - I had students work in small groups and the activities really inspired conversation and deep thinking.

    KIM ORGAN

Description

Understand the importance of freedom and what lengths people will go to achieve it. Our comprehensive resource saves time with useful and detailed activities in a range of styles, from vocabulary, multiple choice and short answer questions. Imagine what the story would be like if it was set today, and better understand the issues that would cause two girls to run away. Become familiar with Julilly and her family with true or false questions. Identify which character said the provided statements. Rewrite the story with a third child taken on the journey. Draw Julilly and Liza's journey on a map. Aligned to your State Standards, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.

About the Novel:
A sensitive and dramatic story about a young girl's escape from slavery. Julilly is taken away from her mammy by a ruthless slave trader and is sold to the Riley Plantation. Sims oversees all the slaves and is very abusive toward them. If the slaves don’t produce, obey rules or try to run away, he will whip them as punishment. She longs for the day when her and her friend Liza are free and can live in peace. Julilly meets a young Canadian ornithologist named Alexander Ross who helps four slaves escape through the Underground Railroad north to Canada. Julilly, her friend Liza, Lester and Adam travel following the North Star to freedom.

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Product Reviews

MEREDITH DYKSTRA

Excellent!- appreciate the deeper thinking/ inference type of questions included.

sarah hern

Very comprehensive and thorough - was good for my more accomplished readers.

bolton99

This is a great resource. Just be aware that this novel is best suited to a mature group of students due to the language and content.

Crystal Scott

This was perfect for my grade 5 class. Thank you.

Book Fairies and Garden Gnomes

This is a great resource for the book!

KIM ORGAN

Excellent resource - I had students work in small groups and the activities really inspired conversation and deep thinking.

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