Students will be reading and writing myths. They will follow the structure of short stories and eventually publish their work.

Throughout this unit on Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, students practice the same six skills with greater scaffolding and modeling at the beginning, and more independence toward the middle and end. The tasks include: 1. writing to an essential question to access background knowledge; 2. using context clues and root words to determine word meaning; 3. close reading with the aid of a glossary; 4. taking notes one of two graphic organizers (sequence of events and/or empathy map); 5. re-reading to answer text dependent questions; and 6. summarizing the chapter.

A great first lesson to introduce your students to writing creative scary stories!

Introduce your students to the stages of the writing process with interactive questions, activities, and examples.