NYS Common Core 7th Grade ELA Module 2 Unit 1

1. DO NOW
Checking for Understanding Entry Task
QUIZ!!
• On your own today!
• You MAY use your Notes
• You may NOT use the book 

2. Lyddie
Reading Chapters 3-4
Chapter Setting
Characters Plot
How do the setting,
character and/ or plot
interact?
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Lyddie
Lyddie arrives at the
tavern and is amazed
by the things she sees:
the huge building, a
stagecoach, a woman
dressed in a fine
dress, the kitchen.
What do Triphena and
Mistress Cutler think of
Lyddie when she arrives?
Lyddie feels out of
place because she’s
dressed to poorly and
the women are rude
to her.
What are the working
conditions like in the
tavern?
Cutler’s
tavern
Mistress
Cutler
Triphena
(the cook)
Mistress Cutler mistakes her
for a beggar because Lyddie is
dirty and dressed in her
homemade clothes. Triphena
says she is ugly.
Lyddie had to work hard, the
mistress was tough on her, she
slept in a hot, stuffy space,
and she was often hungry.

3. Lyddie
Definitions
Check your packet and add:
tavern: (18) a bar & restaurant that also
has hotel rooms
homespun: (20) made at home
garment: (23) a piece of clothing

4. Lyddie
Definitions
Check your packet and add:
servitude: (23) being forced to obey
someone else
comrade: (25) friend, especially someone
who shares difficult work or circumstances

5. Lyddie
Definitions
What new words did you define?
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6. Chapter Setting
Characters
Plot
How do the setting,
character and/ or plot
interact?
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Lyddie
Triphena begins to
like Lyddie for her
hard working
attitude. She tells
the frog story.
Describe Lyddie’s
relationship with Triphena.
Triphena is becoming nicer
now that she sees Lyddie is a
hard worker.
Cutler’s
Tavern
Mistress Cutler
Triphena
Willie
Hired men (Otis
and Enoch)
Charlie visits her. He
is also working hard.
Lyddie worries for
him and the house.
When Charlie comes to visit,
how does Lyddie react?
Lyddie wants to talk about
important things with Charlie,
but can’t with others around.
Lyddie hears about
She is worried about him
rewards for turning in being small & not eating
escaped slaves.
enough.
More work comes
with the spring.
How does spring change the
work being done at the
tavern?
Now she has to take care of
the animals, clarify syrup and
mold it into fancy shaped
sugar.

7. Lyddie
Definitions
Check your packet and add:
mean: (27) not generous; stingy
secretive: (29) keeping one’s thoughts,
actions or intentions hidden
calicoes: (29) lightweight cotton fabrics

8. Lyddie
Definitions
anxieties: (31) worries
practiced skill: (32) special skill or
knowledge you learn by training or
experience
fugitive: (33) someone who is hiding from
the authorities

9. Lyddie
Definitions
What new words did you define?
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10. Lyddie
Learning Objectives
I can analyze how plot, character and
setting interact in Lyddie.
I can use context clues – in a sentence
and on a page – to determine the
meaning of unknown words.

11. Lyddie
Learning Objectives
By engaging in a discussion with my
partner, I can analyze one section of
Lyddie to deepen my understanding of
the plot, characters, and setting.

12. Lyddie
Discussion Appointments

13. Lyddie
Discussion Appointments
Meet with a partner NEXT TO THE SHUTTLE
• Read along as we read Chapter 5
• Notice that Chapter 5 Notes already done
for you!
• Pay attention on page # 38!!

14. Lyddie
Discussion Appointments
Chapter 6 – Excerpt on page # 43
• Analyze the interaction between Ezekial
and Lyddie
• Use “Thinkmarks” to write down words or
phrases that show characters’ feelings and
why he or she acts that way

15. Lyddie
Discussion Appointments
What did you write down?
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16. Lyddie
Discussion Appointments
What did you write down?
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17. Lyddie
Discussion Appointments
Text-Dependent Questions Worksheet:
• Page # 43
• Work with your partner
• Answer in complete sentences!
• Answer ALL questions
• Raise your hand when done

18. Lyddie
Text-Dependent Questions
Question
1. The text says: “It was half the
Stevenses’ calf by right’, she
said, trying to diminish for both
of them the enormity of what she
had done” (43).
What do diminish and enormity
mean? How do context clues help
you figure that out?
What does this sentence help us
to infer about how they are
feeling?
Answer

19. Lyddie
Text-Dependent Questions
Question
2. “She felt leaden with sadness”
(43).
What does the word leaden
mean? How do you know?
What is making her feel “leaden
with sadness?”
Answer

20. Lyddie
Text-Dependent Questions
Question
3. Why did Lyddie give Ezekiel
the money?
What character trait(s) does this
show?
Answer

21. Lyddie
Text-Dependent Questions
Question
4. Select one person to be Lyddie
and one person to be Ezekial.
Practice reading the dialogue on
page # 43.
You should use what you have
learned from this close read to
bring the characters to life. Your
voices should convey the feelings
and thoughts of the characters.
Answer

22. Lyddie
Learning Objectives
By engaging in a discussion with my
partner, I can analyze one section of
Lyddie to deepen my understanding of
the plot, characters, and setting.

23. Lyddie
Homework
Homework
• Finish reading Chapters 6-7
• Complete Reader’s Notes for Chapters 6-7
• Be prepared for a quiz tomorrow!