1) The document provides instructions and learning objectives for reading chapters 1-3 of the novel Lyddie. It includes questions to check understanding of the chapters. 2) Students are given definitions for new words from the reading and instructed to add them to their packets. 3) The document provides guidance for partner discussions about sections of the reading, including appointment instructions and discussion prompts. It emphasizes the importance of discussion for understanding the text.

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Lyddie
Reading Chapters 1-3
Chapter Setting
Characters Plot
1
Lyddie (13)
Charlie
(10)
Rachel (6)
Agnes (4)
Mama
Farm in
Vermont
1843
bear
Clarissa
Judah
Bear comes into the cabin.
Lyddie keeps them safe.
Mama, Rachael & Agnes
leave to live with Judah
and Clarissa.
How do the setting,
character and/ or plot
interact?
When Lyddie’s mother
decides to go to her
sister’s farm, what do
Lyddie and Charlie do?
Lyddie decides to stay and
Lyddie & Charlies take
take care of the farm against
care of themselves through her mother’s wishes. It shows
the winter. They have a
she’s independent, and her
calf in the spring. Lyddie
relationship with her mother
feels hopeful.
is not typical. Lyddie is like
the mother in her family.
Mama sends them a letter
saying they have to work
to pay off the debts to the
farm. The farm will be
rented out. Lyddie is
crushed.
Charlie decides to stay with
Liddies because he doesn’t
want her to be alone. They
have a caring relationship.

5. Lyddie
Checking for Understanding
Question
1. Near the end of Chapter 1,
Charlie and Lyddie get a letter
from their mother.
How does this letter change
Charlie and Lyddie’s plans?
Answer
Lyddie and Charlie were planning
on staying on the farm and
working the land, but their other
hires them out as workers to pay
off the farm debt. Charlie is
going to a mill, and Lyddie is going
to a tavern.

6. Chapter Setting
Characters
Plot
2
Lyddie
Charlie
Lyddie & Charlie
What happened to Lyddie
decide to sell the calf and Charlie’s father? How
& save the money for does that affect their plans?
the farm.
Their father was unlucky and
Mr. Stevens gives
made bad business decisions.
them a good price,
He worked hard, though. He
even though it was
left but promised to come
from his bull. He
back. Lyddie and Charlie save
invites them to
the money so he can have it
dinner & offers them when he comes back.
a ride to the village.
Name two ways the Stevens
While Luke is giving
family helps Lyddie and
them a ride, he
Charlie.
offers to look after
• Offer to buy the calf for a
their house. Lyddie
good price,
does not want to
• Give Lyddie and Charlie
accept their help,
dinner and a ride
but Charlie is
• Offer to look after the
grateful. Luke then
farm.
tells Lyddie he’ll look • Luke offers to watch
after Charlie.
Charlie
Lyddie’s
farm in
Vermont
Stevens
family
farm
(Vermont)
Stevens family
(Quaker family
who live next
door)
*Mr. Stevens
*Mrs. Stevens
*sons
*Luke Stevens
(youngest son)
How do the setting,
character and/ or plot
interact?

7. Lyddie
Checking for Understanding
Question
2. Chapter 2 is titled “Kindly
Neighbors.”
Who are the neighbors?
Are they kind to Charlie and
Lyddie?
** Use evidence to support your
claim.
Answer
Lyddie’s neighbors are the Stevens
family. They are kind because
they offer to do several helpful
things. They buy the calf for a
good price, and they give Lyddie
and Charlie dinner and a ride to
their jobs. They also offer to
look after the cabin during the
winter.

8. Lyddie
Checking for Understanding
Question
3. When Luke Stevens offered his
hand to help Lyddie into the
wagon, she “pretended not to
see. She couldn’t have the
man thinking she was a child
or a helpless female” (15).
When he offers to take care of
her house in the winter, she
says, “No need” (16). After
Luke offers to keep an eye on
Charlie, she “didn’t know
whether to be pleased or
annoyed” (17). How does
Lyddie feel about accepting
help from Luke? What
character trait does this show?
Answer

9. Lyddie
Checking for Understanding
Question
3. When Luke Stevens offered his
hand to help Lyddie into the
wagon, she “pretended not to
see. She couldn’t have the
man thinking she was a child
or a helpless female” (15).
When he offers to take care of
her house in the winter, she
says, “No need” (16). After
Luke offers to keep an eye on
Charlie, she “didn’t know
whether to be pleased or
annoyed” (17). How does
Lyddie feel about accepting
help from Luke? What
character trait does this show?
Answer
Lyddie didn’t like accepting help
from Luke or anyone in the
Stevens family. This shows she is
independent and a little stubborn.

10. Lyddie
Definitions
Check your packet and add:
mighty: (2) strong, big, impressive
anxious: (4) worried
queer: (5) strange, difficult to explain;
“queer in the head” means a little crazy

11. Lyddie
Definitions
Check your packet and add:
charity: (6) help or gifts given to people in
need
beholden: (7) to feel you have a duty to
someone because they have done
something for you (owe them)

12. Lyddie
Definitions
What new words did you define?
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13. Lyddie
Definitions
Check your packet and add:
dubious: (10) doubtful or uncertain
noxious: (13) poisonous or harmful
transaction: (14) business deal or action

14. Lyddie
Definitions
Check your packet and add:
loom: (14) a machine that weaves thread
into cloth that can be run by hand or
powered by a machine
(waterwheel, electricity, etc.)
fallow: (16) unused

15. Lyddie
Definitions
Check your packet and add:
gaping: (17) very big and wide
What words did you find?
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16. Lyddie
Discussion Appointments
Don’t forget:
• Write in the SAME line
• MUST say yes if asked
• Pick people that will help
your grade!!

17. Lyddie
Discussion Appointments
Meet with a partner AT THE LOOM
Will start homework for tonight together
Open to Chapter 3
Read three pages silently

18. Lyddie
Discussion Appointments
Raise your hand if you:
• Reread a passage or sentence
• Tried to figure out a new word
• Make a picture/movie in your mind as you read
• Asked yourself a question
• Imagined how Lyddie was feeling

19. Lyddie
Discussion Appointments
Turn to Page # 18
Read in your head as I read aloud
…listen as I think through the tough parts….

20. Lyddie
Discussion Appointments
What did you notice me doing?
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21. Lyddie
Discussion Appointments
Discuss with your partner:
1. What has happened so far in this chapter?
2. What did these strategies help us
understand about the text?

22. Lyddie
Discussion Appointments
Read silently
Read to the end of page 24
Put your sticky note on a place where you
needed to re-read (sentence or paragraph)

23. Lyddie
Discussion Appointments
What parts did you re-read? Why?
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24. Lyddie
Independent Reading
Reading Lyddie - high school style!
Step 1: Read at home
Step 2: Work in class to better understand
what you read.
Step 3: Daily Do Now quiz on last night’s
reading (Can use Notes, but not the book!)

25. Lyddie
Independent Reading
Big Hint!!!!
Pay attention to the woman in the fancy
dress who will put some very important
thoughts into Lyddie’s head at the end of
the chapter!!
Read that part very carefully!

26. Lyddie
Discussion Appointments
With partner, discuss:
1. What have you learned about Lyddie so far?
2. What seems important to her?

27. Lyddie
Homework
Homework
• Finish reading Chapters 3-4
• Complete Reader’s Notes for Chapters 3-4
• Be prepared for a quiz tomorrow!