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As Fast As Words Could Fly read by Dulé Hill

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Grade Level Grades 3-5
Resource Type Activity
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As Fast As Words Could Fly read by Dulé Hill

About This Lesson

Young Mason Steele takes pride in turning his father’s excited ramblings about the latest civil rights incidents into handwritten business letters. One day Pa comes home with a gift from his civil rights group: a typewriter. Thrilled with the present, Mason spends all his spare time teaching himself to type. Soon he knows where every letter on the keyboard is located. 

When the civil rights group wins a school desegregation case, Mason learns that now he will be attending a formerly all-white high school. Despite his fears and injustice from the students and faculty, Mason perseveres. He does well in school—especially in his typing class. And when he competes in the county typing tournament, Mason decides to take a stand, using his skills to triumph over prejudice and break racial barriers.

Storyline Online's As Fast As Words Could Fly is read by Dulé Hill, written by Pamela M. Tuck and illustrated by Eric Velasquez.

This resource is great for your summer reading lists. Learn more about summer reading here.

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AsFastAsWordsCouldFly_ATeachersGuide.pdf

September 30, 2020
1.71 MB

AsFastAsWordsCouldFly_ActivityGuide.pdf

September 30, 2020
429.88 KB
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As Fast As Words Could Fly read by Dulé Hill
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Standards

Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
5.0
1 Reviews
Excellent story and activities to go with it. Definitely will be using this lesson.
rzrzneck34a
February 10, 2018
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