Scott Foresman Reading Street

FREEDOM

Discuss the Big Idea

What does freedom mean?

Write the unit theme and Big Idea question on the board. Ask students to think about the selections they have read in the unit. Discuss how each selection and lesson concept can help them answer the Big Idea question from this unit.

Model this for students by choosing a selection and explaining how the selection and lesson concept address the Big Idea.

Unit 6

Wrap-Up

	Critically analyze unit theme.
	Connect content across selections.
	Combine content and skills in meaningful activities that build literacy.
	Respond to unit selections through a variety of modalities.

What Freedom Means to Me

Make a Bumper Sticker Introduce the activity using examples of actual bumper stickers to help students understand that their sayings should be creative and make the point in just a few words.

Lessons on Freedom

Write a Short Essay Model the activity by discussing one of the selections and filling in the chart, working with the class as a group. Have students write a summary statement telling what they learned about freedom from the character they chose and then write the essay.

Make a Mural Plan

Design a Mural Before students join their assigned groups, explain the steps they will follow to make their plan. You may want to have every member in a group submit a mural plan. The group can discuss each idea and then come to consensus about one idea. Visit each group to hear their ideas before they make a sketch of their mural.

People often use bumper stickers to make a short statement about something that is important to them.
Plan a bumper sticker with your own personal statement of what it means to be free. Write it on a strip of paper in neat writing. Add a small picture if you like.

As you learned from the selections in this unit, freedom
means different things to different people. Complete a chart like the one below to show what each character learned about freedom. Then choose one character whose view of freedom is most like yours. Write about what you learned about freedom from this selection or character.

In Talking Walls: Art for the People, you read about
many artists who use murals to express ideas or
themes that are important to them. Work with a group
to plan a mural about freedom. First, talk over ideas
you have for the mural. Next, make a sketch. Then
talk about any changes you want to make. Finally,
transfer your sketch to a large piece of paper and
color it in.