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What Was the Underground Railroad? by Who HQ, Yona Zeldis McDonough
3.0
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My rationale for selecting the text Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: The Underground Abductor for my intermediate level twin text is because it gives an account of a slave and her experience with the underground railroad that is based off of a true story. What makes this text particularly unique and engaging is that it is narrated by a historical figure who is able to interact with the reader by asking direct questions, as well as move between different historical time periods and interact with other characters in the text. The story is also told in the form of a graphic novel with chapters, rather than the traditional narrative text, making it more engaging for readers.
The primary text structures for What Was the Underground Railroad? are Sequence of Events and Problem and Solution. First, the book gives a sequence of the important events including the institution of slavery in the United States, the Civil War era, through the abolition of slavery. It also presents the “problem” of slavery in the United States and a “solution” to the problem came about. This is an informational texts with chapters and includes titles, subtitles, numbering (chapters), photographs with captions, a timeline of both the Underground Railroad and of the world overall, illustrations, and a table of contents.
The strategy application I would use that will engage students in critical thinking by making connections between the texts is The Story Face for Unspoken. Since there are no worlds in the text, students will have to engage in a higher level of thinking to make inferences and conclusions about the text. The students will then complete an Anticipation Guide for What is the Underground Railroad? to activate prior knowledge about slavery and the Underground Railroad. Students will determine a purpose for reading and promote active reading of the text.
Hale, N. (2015). The underground abductor. (Nathan Hale's hazardous tales, vol. 5.): An abolitionist tale. New York: Amulet Books.
My rationale for selecting the text Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: The Underground Abductor for my intermediate level twin text is because it gives an account of a slave and her experience with the underground railroad that is based off of a true story. What makes this text particularly unique and engaging is that it is narrated by a historical figure who is able to interact with the reader by asking direct questions, as well as move between different historical time periods and interact with other characters in the text. The story is also told in the form of a graphic novel with chapters, rather than the traditional narrative text, making it more engaging for readers.
The primary text structures for What Was the Underground Railroad? are Sequence of Events and Problem and Solution. First, the book gives a sequence of the important events including the institution of slavery in the United States, the Civil War era, through the abolition of slavery. It also presents the “problem” of slavery in the United States and a “solution” to the problem came about. This is an informational texts with chapters and includes titles, subtitles, numbering (chapters), photographs with captions, a timeline of both the Underground Railroad and of the world overall, illustrations, and a table of contents.
The strategy application I would use that will engage students in critical thinking by making connections between the texts is The Story Face for Unspoken. Since there are no worlds in the text, students will have to engage in a higher level of thinking to make inferences and conclusions about the text. The students will then complete an Anticipation Guide for What is the Underground Railroad? to activate prior knowledge about slavery and the Underground Railroad. Students will determine a purpose for reading and promote active reading of the text.
Hale, N. (2015). The underground abductor. (Nathan Hale's hazardous tales, vol. 5.): An abolitionist tale. New York: Amulet Books.