https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT en-us 2022-04-05 23:12:09 UTC 2025-11-01 09:13:34 UTC hello@padlet.com cacovelli https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2143026086 Finding Langston takes place in 1946 and tells the story of an eleven-year-old boy named Langston who moves to Chicago from rural Alabama with his father after the death of his mother. The journey of Langston and his father is part of what is known as The Great Migration. Readers get to view Langston's experience of the challenges and differences presented with living in a new city with a new life and a new school with new faces.  

I believe that this book is a wonderful choice to incorporate into your classroom. This novel provides the struggles of a young black boy during a historical time period who struggles to adapt to his new life after the loss of his mother. It teaches the students/readers the history of a significant movement that shaped a group of people and how it impacted their lives. This novel also teaches them the beauty of poetry and how they can connect what they read in literature with their everyday lives. 

By reading this novel, learning about the history of The Great Migration, and being supplied with primary sources, students will come to an understanding of a significant event in American history. They will understand the impact The Great Migration had on six million African Americans who traveled from rural South to urban North. They will come to a deeper understanding of how the main character in the book felt. 

By reading this novel, analyzing the meaning of the poetry featured in the story, making connections between challenges faced in the story and real life, and identifying the elements of the plot, students will come to an understanding of a book as a whole. They will be able to explain how each scene chronologically fits together to provide the overall structure of a story. They will also begin to develop an understanding of what a theme in a story is and how they can relate historical fiction literature to their lives.  ]]> 2022-04-13 21:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2143026086 cacovelli https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154118793 2022-04-22 20:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154118793 cacovelli https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154118851 2022-04-22 20:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154118851 cacovelli https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154118953 2022-04-22 20:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154118953 cacovelli https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154119082 2022-04-22 20:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154119082 cacovelli https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154119233 2022-04-22 20:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154119233 cacovelli https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154121028 2022-04-22 20:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154121028 cacovelli https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154122455 2022-04-22 20:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154122455 cacovelli https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154122844 2022-04-22 20:50:04 UTC https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154122844 cacovelli https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154146277 Reading picture books that tell the history of The Great Migration and the stories of those who were part of that journey will provide students with a deeper understanding of the movement and be able to make connections to Finding Langston. Photographs of real-life people during The Great Migration are a great primary source for students to be able to analyze and observe to take notes on. Students will read the picture books and look through the photographs in small groups as they share their thoughts and discuss their ideas. ]]> 2022-04-22 21:24:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154146277 cacovelli https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154150641 In Finding Langston, Langston comes across a portrait gallery of African American writers in the Chicago Public Library, including Langston Hughes. He becomes interested because he shares the same name as him, Langston opens up one of his books and begins to relate his feelings to the ones reflected in the poems. Reading poetry is something that Langston begins to spend his time doing after school in the book. Students will work in small groups, taking turns reading and analyzing the meaning of some of Langston Hughes's poems provided to them.  ]]> 2022-04-22 21:31:46 UTC https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154150641 cacovelli https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154216717 2022-04-22 23:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154216717 cacovelli https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154255468 2022-04-23 00:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154255468 cacovelli https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154274145 2022-04-23 01:37:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2154274145 cacovelli https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2157777482 2022-04-26 03:36:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2157777482 cacovelli https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2157780629 2022-04-26 03:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2157780629 ngarci16 https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2159354764 your padlet looks amazing and is very well organized. The lesson plans you designed are written in detail which helps me understand what the students are expected to learn and understand. 

I like how you incorporated a lot of poetry! all of your standards, objectives, and assessment  flowed nicely.

I also loved how you wrote "Comfortable students" for the closure share outs because sometimes not all students want to share.

-Natyeli]]> 2022-04-26 22:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2159354764 https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2159358972 Great Padlet! I really like how you connected the story to real-life images that students can look at. When teaching any historical fiction novel, I think it's important to share some photographs that were taken at the time. This shows the students that this was a real event.

I also like your shared experiences lesson plan. It gets students thinking about the story and how they can connect it to their own lives (which you should always try to do when teaching any book).]]> 2022-04-26 23:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2159358972 eepaz https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2159359408 I love this padlet! It's so fun and light for such a serious topic in history. I also like the book choice and how it conveys the message that no matter how hard of a time you're going through, you can always escape with a good book. 

Emily


]]> 2022-04-26 23:05:55 UTC https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2159359408 smikhai2 https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2159374581 Hi Crista,

Your padlet is beautiful! Great book choices on the great migration. It is essential for students to learn about history from multiple sources and perspectives. I love the poetic aspect of your second hinge activity. You were very detailed when teaching students about the plot which can be so helpful to your students. Amazing job!

-Sundrela]]> 2022-04-26 23:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2159374581 mnavarr41 https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2159378216 Your padlet is great! I love how organized it is. I enjoyed reading your lesson plasn they seem very fun for both the students and teacher
-Meylany]]> 2022-04-26 23:30:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cacovelli/LITERACYUNIT/wish/2159378216