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When Marian Sang By Pam Munoz Ryan Pictures by Brian Selznick

When Marian Sang By Pam Munoz Ryan Pictures by Brian Selznick. Book cover from Amazon.com. Cyberlesson by Leigh Buczak 5 th Grade. Introduction.

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When Marian Sang By Pam Munoz Ryan Pictures by Brian Selznick

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  1. When Marian SangBy Pam Munoz Ryan Pictures by Brian Selznick Book cover from Amazon.com Cyberlesson by Leigh Buczak 5th Grade

  2. Introduction Do you ever think aboutwho the important people were who worked to make sure that all people were treated equally, no matter what their skin color was?Today we are going to learn about Marian Anderson, a woman who worked throughout her life to do this. We are going to be reading a biography focused on her called When Marian Sang.

  3. Materials • When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan • Pen • Pencil • Paper • Jim Crow Web site • Scholastic Writing Web site • Marian Anderson Web site Photo from: Penn Library Exhibitions Web site

  4. Before Reading • In your small group, share what you know about biographies and record your ideas here. • When you are finished sharing ideas, continue to the next slide to see how your ideas matched an actual definition. Photo from: www.marian-anderson.org

  5. Before Reading Biographies • Genre of literature based on the life story of someone other than the writer • The main character is usually influential and important in some way • Non-fiction • Describes the history of a person’s life or the series of important events about a person • The author develops insight into who the person is/was, the person’s personality and emotions linked to experiences

  6. Before Reading Look at the cover and pictures within When Marian Sang and read the book jacket. With your partner, discuss some predictions about what you think this book is about and why. The book jacket talks about the obstacles Marian had to face in the time before African Americans had equal rights to Whites. As the K part of the KWL, write down ideas about what you know about the African Americans’ struggle. When you are finished, jot down some questions you have about the African American struggle and what Marian Anderson might have to do with it under the W column of the KWL chart. Many times African Americans were not treated equally because they had to follow laws called Jim Crow laws. With a partner, click here to learn more about them, and discuss what you find in your small group. Read the documentary sections and personal histories.

  7. During Reading • Read up to when Marian returns to the United States • Using sticky notes, tab inspiring sentences or passages while you are reading to share with your small group. These passages should help you and your group members understand Marian’s personality. Discuss why you chose them with your group. • Quickwrite: Based on what you already know about Marian, do you think that she ever is accepted as an equal by the American people? Why? Keep in mind that the struggle for social justice continued through the 1960s.

  8. During Reading As you are reading, think about how you know that this book is a biography. Base your answers on what you learned a biography is at the beginning of the lesson. Discuss and record ideas in your small group here. Photo from: Penn Library Exhibitions Web site

  9. One way that authors collect information for biographies is by conducting interviews either with the person the biography is about or people who know the person. In your small groups, compose two burning questions you would have liked to ask Marian if you were interviewing her. Then, based on what you read and your background knowledge, answer the questions how you think she would have answered them. When all groups are finished, we will do the “hot seat” activity in which a group member will pretend to be the interviewer and another member will be Marian. Each group member will get to participate since there are two questions. After Reading

  10. After Reading In order to complete your KWL, fill in the L column of your KWL chart describing what you LEARNED about Marian Anderson, civil rights, and biographies from this Cyberlesson. Photo from: Penn Library Exhibitions Web site

  11. Beyond Reading Towards the end of this unit, you will be writing your own biographies. Explore this Web site with a partner to find helpful hints for writing biographies and record them here. The Web site begins by explaining how to change a boring first draft into an interesting final draft and then gives tips to follow while researching and writing. Photo from: Penn Library Exhibitions Web site

  12. Beyond Reading In your small group, explore this Web site that you visited before to listen to audio links and view a video of Marian singing. Use this as inspiration to write a song here about Marian and the person that she was. First make up the words, then you can sing the words to a popular tune or a tune that you create.

  13. Credits • http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/remembering/index.html • http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/biograph/index.htm • http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/anderson/

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