Lesson+1+-+Amazing+Grace

**Objective **: To increase appreciation of literature, connect literature to personal life
 * Lesson 1 – Introduction to Multicultural Literature **

**Materials **: //Amazing Grace// – Hoffman ( African-American ), sheet for home asking for background countries

**Procedure **: Read the story aloud, discuss events and the sequence in which they happened. Talk about who she pretends to be and what type of characters they are. Before the end, have them predict whether or not Grace will play Peter Pan or what a possible solution to her problem might be. Discuss the ending. Think/Pair/Share – Think about what you and Grace could do at recess today if she was in our class. (Discussion idea from [] .) Have students complete worksheet about Grace. (Ideas from [] .)

Show book trailers for //Bud, Not Buddy// (1:18)( African-American ) http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/Bud+Not+Buddy and //Year of the Dog –// Grace Lin (1:+)( Taiwanese ) http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/The+Year+of+the+Dog from Book Trailers For Readers (http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/ ) and have book copies available for checkout. Discuss a similarity between the characters in //Amazing Grace// and //Year of the Dog//. (Both want to try out for a play but others discourage them due to their ethnicity.)

Send home ½ sheet asking what countries are in student’s background for future lesson. (__Connect to personal life__.) __Countries in my background __

Dear Parents,

I am currently taking classes to earn a Library Endorsement and will be teaching our class in the library each week through May. We are working on a multicultural literature unit and one of the projects will have the students finding a tale from a country in his or her background. If you could help them list some countries (at least one), that would be great.

<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">Also, I would like to invite any parents in who have anything to share about a certain country. We would be interested in hearing about customs, traditions, and foods. Please call or email if you would like to share.

<span style="font-family: "cambria","serif";"> Sincerely,

<span style="font-family: "cambria","serif";">Mrs. Godsey

<span style="font-family: "cambria","serif";"> 253-571-7808

<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">Name __mgodsey@tacoma.k12.wa.us__

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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[] Guide for Amazing Grace (lots of ideas)