The program is based on a childrens book, follow the drinking gourd, written and illustrated by jeanette winter. Michael gear, people of the lightning madeleine lengle, a swiftly tilting planet. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. These directions then enabled fleeing slaves to make their way north from mobile, alabama to the ohio river and freedom. If necessary, engage a music teachers assistance in order to accurately decipher the musical score. The drinking gourd study guide by colleen schreurs for the book by f. The drinking gourd refers to the hollowed out gourd used by slaves and other rural americans as a water dipper.
Culturally relevant books equity is not a strategy. After the class has learned the song, reread the text, pausing to have the class sing the song segments. Text matters in developing fluent reading, eh hiebert, cw. I will tell you about our experience with 35page long eguide created for the drinking gourd. Monjo this suggested script comes from chapters 2, 3, and 4 when tommy fuller discovers runaway slaves hidden in his fathers barn and accompanies them along the underground railroad. Left foot, peg foot, traveling on follow the drinking gourd. The river bed makes a mighty fine road, dead trees to show you the way and its left foot, peg foot, traveling on follow the drinking gourd. In 1957, harper published its first i can read title, little bear, written by else holmelund minarik and illustrated by maurice sendak. A collection of interesting, important, and controversial perspectives largely excluded from the american mainstream media.
The drinking gourd is another name for the big dipper asterism. The drinking gourd song was supposedly used by an underground railroad operative to encode escape instructions and a map. The drinking gourd rise and shine i can read level 3. The book concludes with the discussion on the morality of breaking the law to save someones life. This book is appropriate for second through fourth grade readers. I found it helpful to read the first chapter as a shared reading so that we could. Love in action was a continuous theme throughout this row. This script starts at chapter 2 and goes to th end of the book.
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Book 100th thing about caroline 18th emergency, the. Mar 02, 2019 i planned to row follow the drinking gourd in february since its black history month emphasizing civil rights and treating others with love and kindness. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. The age range reflects readability and not necessarily content appropriateness. This book can give children the scaffolding they need to begin to learn about such a large and complex topic. The dream keeper dream snow dream wolf dreams o mairhe mehan, the f dress 111 wear to the party drinking gourd, the drop o water, a f drummer hoff drummers dream, a drums. At the lower end of the scrape a pit is dug, and in it is placed a tin or bucket in the past it was an earthenware pot monjo. Monjo this suggested script comes from chapters 2, 3, and 4 when tommy fuller discovers runaway slaves hidden in his fathers barn. Fluency, comprehension, and content knowledge at the annual meeting of the international reading association, april 28. Folklore has it that slaves in the united states used it as a point of reference so they would not get lost.
Drinking gourd study guide progeny press literature curriculum. A story of the underground railroad i can read books. Monjos suspenseful historical adventure about the underground railroad, tommy and his father help a family of slaves make their way to canadaand to freedom. While playing in the barn, tommy finds a slave family hiding there. Chorus follow the drinking gourd, follow the drinking gourd for the old man is awaitin to carry you to freedom follow the drinking gourd. Follow the drinking gourd was originally published as an american folk song in 1928. All of the unit lessons are written from a christian perspective.
This book activity guide is designed to go with the book follow the drinking gourd, story and pictures by jeanette winter. Indian summer, illustrated by anita lobel, and the one bad thing about father, illustrated by rocco negri. Full text of a history of the japanese people from the. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Help the class learn the follow the drinking gourd song as written in the back of the book. Text matters in fluency an earlier version of this paper was presented at the preconvention institute, tools for global understanding. Follow the drinking gourd is an african american folk song first published in 1928.
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A couple, their son, and two others make continue reading. We started reading this book around valentines day. Monjo author, fred brenner illustrator see all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. This book is probably best if you know the character a bit from previous novels in the series. Monjo, author of the drinking gourd, wrote two other popular i can read books.
The stars of the big dipper have led a runaway slave family to deacon fullers house, a stop on the underground railroad. Follow the drinking gourd picture book about how slaves used the north star and the big dipper drinking gourd constellation in the underground railroad by jeanette winter cobblestone a history magazine for young people. For the old man is awaiting for to carry you to freedom if you follow the drinking gourd. Jonathan wilson, ben shave, federico farcomeni, ani bal greco, david bartram, iain macintosh, james young, gabriele marcotti, tom dart, david ashton, dermot. The hero of this book middle of a saga, miles vorkosigan, is a truly amazing hero with a lot of physical difficulties. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. Title author lexile rdlvl grl points fcsc library home page. No castles here amazing gracie cal cameron by day, spiderman charlottes rose shadow brothers, the four feathers, the guess where youre going. Over the site is then placed a framework of branches or split bamboo litala, and around its base aromatic grass mpobvu and asparagus stems tsitsilamanda root of the graveyard asparagus africanus are placed. The case of the missing monkey by cynthia rylant read aloud duration.
Features and benefits of the study guide printed workbook format. Your 100 book classroom library includes three award winning books in sets of five, allowing for smallgroup discussion and wider distribution. The lyrics themselves act as instructions for runaway slaves, with the drinking gourd serving as a. The beat goes on drylongso duck for president duck on a bike ducks. Recommended african american literature titles by grade level. Follow the drinking gourd extension activities scholastic.
The drinking gourd is written for kids ages 7 to 9. Buy a cheap copy of follow the drinking gourd book by jeanette winter. The drinking gourd is a historical fiction book for young elementary children. Richie havens follow the drinking gourd lyrics genius. Monjo the golly sisters go west or hooray for the golly sisters betsy byers storied that never grow old watty piper. We include a wonderful reading list of more books by the same authors and other books that tie in with, or are similar to, the drinking gourd by f. Teacher resources are online instructional tools created by teachers for teachers to help integrate trade books seamlessly into the classroom. Monjo 97806177207 06177207 the payback, john peel 9780786673575 0786673575 saxophone wall chart, mel bay publications inc 978140034 140032 the spirit of the border, zane grey, michael prichard 9780826115973 0826115977 notter essentials nursing resrch 88 pb, lucille e notter. Follow the drinking gourd supposedly encodes escape instructions and a map. Tommy gets into trouble at church, so his father sends him home. April 1981 edition entitled highlights of the civil war 18611865. This level 3 i can read book is a captivating firstperson historical fiction account of the underground railroad, narrated by. The american folksong follow the drinking gourd was first published in 1928. A story of the underground railroad i can read book 3 monjo, f.
Winters story begins with a pegleg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the underground railroad. For the old man is awaiting for to carry you to freedom, theres another river on the other side, if you follow the drinking gourd. Memory by lois mcmaster bujold a book about moving on from failure. Fred brenner sent home alone for misbehaving in church, tommy discovers that his house is a station on the underground railroad.
Free essays, homework help, flashcards, research papers, book reports, term papers, history, science, politics. While working for plantation owners, peg leg joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd the big dipper. Follow the drinking gourd by jeanette winter from the bookflap. The story is a poignant and inspiring tale of one africanamerican familys desperate flight to freedom and how they used constellations to guide the way. I poked around progeny press website a bit and noticed that there is some variation in format from guide to guide. Full text of a history of the japanese people from the earliest times to the end of the meiji era see other formats. This readers theater script is based on the book the drinking gourd by f. Examining porous bioactive glass as a potential osteoodontokeratoprosthetic skirt material. First published in 1970, the drinking gourd has been reillustrated in fullcolor by the original artist, bringing this moving episode in american history to life for a new. The one black boy is following the drinking gourd big dipper to find his way north to freedom. Follow the drinking gourd when the sun comes back and the first quail calls, the river ends between two hills, follow the drinking gourd. The river bank makes a very good road, the dead trees will show you the way. It is about the underground railroad, and how people used this and the big dipper aka the drinking gourd in the story to escape to canada so they could be free.
Livo in our current rush toward technology and hardware to implement the desired concept of multimedia presentations, we may be losing sight of some of the first forms of multimedia approaches devised by man. A story of the underground railroad study unit worksheets for teachers to print. Jun 09, 1970 this book is a great entry way into slavery for children. The drinking gourd readers theater script 3rd grade by.