The Hundred DressesHarcourt Brace and Company, 1944
Suggested Delivery: Whole Class Read
Reading Level:
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Grade Level: 5th grade
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Fountas and Pinnell: O
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Lexile Measure: 890L
Key Words:
1.
Bullying
2.
Culture
3.
Friendship
4.
Courage
5.
Prejudice
Vocabulary: Apt (2), precarious
(6), incredulous (15), stolidly (15), arithmetic (20), exclaiming (22), crimson
(22), enveloped (28), casualness (50), disconsolate (61)
Summary: The Hundred Dresses
follows a young Polish girl named Wanda, who goes to a school in an American
town, where the other children see her as "different" and mock her. Told
from the perspective of her classmate Maddie, readers will quickly realize that
there is much more to a person than their name and how they dress.
Before:
Students will discuss the topic of character traits. Character traits are adjectives
that can be used to explain the values, thoughts, and beliefs of a character.
In order to give the discussion context, we will use a character we’ve read
about previously to brainstorm some examples of character traits.
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Important points to remember:
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Traits do not include adjectives about their
looks or the way they do something physically – they are about a character’s
personality.
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There must be textual evidence to support the
traits assigned to each character
During:
For the characters of Wanda, Maddie, and Peggy, students will record their important
thoughts, actions and feelings, which may be evidence for character traits.
They should include page numbers for later activities.
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Potential events/thoughts to record:
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Character descriptions on pg. 5
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Maddie’s thoughts on pg. 18
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Wanda’s dialogue on pg. 29
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Wanda’s dialogue on pg. 52
After: Students will
brainstorm a communal list of character traits for the three main characters of
the story. When suggesting a character trait, students will need to justify
their answers with the evidence they record during the reading.
Writing:
Students will answer the following prompt –
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Pick one main character from The Hundred Dresses. Which two character
traits best represent the personality of this character? Provide support and
evidence for your choices.
Electronic Resources:
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Includes resource guide and assessment questions
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Additional lesson plan ideas
Estes, E. The Hundred Dresses.
(1944). San Diego: Harcourt Brace and Company.
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