1. DO NOW
Checking for Understanding
Entry Task!!
• You MAY use your Notes
• You may NOT use the book
2. Lyddie
Reading Chapter 18
Chapter Setting
18
Characters
Plot
How do the setting,
character and/ or plot
interact?
As Lyddie helps Rachel get
ready to go on the train she
“brushed away a cobweb of
envy.” (145) Why does she
feel envious in this chapter?
What does she do with this
feeling?
What is her reaction to Luke’s
letter?
3. Lyddie
Reading Chapter 18
Chapter Setting
Characters
Plot
How do the setting,
character and/ or plot
interact?
18
Boarding
house
Lyddie
Worthen
(Lowell)
Charlie
Worthen
(brother)
Charlie visits Lyddie.
He is being apprenticed
and can go to school
part-time. Uncle Jonah
is selling the farm &
keeping the money.
Charlie brought a letter
from Luke Stevens.
As Lyddie helps Rachel get
ready to go on the train she
“brushed away a cobweb of
envy.” (145) Why does she
feel envious in this chapter?
Rachel
(sister)
Charlie takes Rachel
back with him, which
breaks Lyddie’s heart.
Luke’s letter says his
father bought Lyddie’s
farm. It also proposes
marriage!
What does she do with this
feeling?
What is her reaction to
Luke’s letter?
5. Lyddie
Definitions
wryly: (143) said in a way that shows that
the speaker knows a situation is bad, but
also slightly amusing (sarcastic)
miserly: (144)
** Remember…Scrooge is a miser! **
7. Lyddie
Reading Chapter 19
Chapter Setting
19
Characters
Plot
How do the setting,
character and/ or plot
interact?
What happens when
Lyddie goes to sign the
petition?
What is her reaction?
Why is Diana leaving? Why
must she keep it a secret?
8. Lyddie
Reading Chapter 19
Chapter Setting
Characters
Plot
How do the setting,
character and/ or plot
interact?
19
Lyddie
Worthen
Lyddie misses Rachel
and is depressed. Work
gets harder and longer
as they “slow the
clocks.”
What happens when
Lyddie goes to sign the
petition?
Concord
Corp.
factory
Diana
Boarding
house
(Lowell)
Mary
Emerson
Lyddie notices that
Diana looks sick and
avoids her. Lyddie
attends an Association
meeting. She finds out
it’s too late to sign the
petition.
Diana tells Lyddie she’s
quitting because she’s
pregnant and will be
fired.
What is her reaction?
Why is Diana leaving? Why
must she keep it a secret?
12. Lyddie
Learning Objectives
I can choose relevant and compelling
reasons, supported by strong evidence
from Lyddie to support the claim I am
making in my argument essay.
14. Lyddie
Writing Argument
Schedule of work
• Work on essay over next few days
• Read Chapters 20-23 (finish the book) one
week from today!!!
• What can you do to make the reading easier
for you?
15. Lyddie
Writing Argument
What you need
• ALL your Reader’s Notes!
• Forming Evidence-Based Claims organizer
• Working Conditions Textual Evidence
Note-catcher
16. Lyddie
Writing Argument
What is a GOOD reason?
• Not all reasons are good ones!
• Compelling reasons=
1. very convincing
2. make sense
3. supported by strong evidence
20. Lyddie
Writing Argument
Compelling or not?
“You should go to the movie because the
acting in the movie is fantastic! Meryl Streep
is in it, and she’s an actress who has won
many awards.”
22. Lyddie
Writing Argument
After reading through Chapter 17 of Lyddie, write an
argumentative essay that addresses the question:
Should Lyddie sign the petition that Diana Goss is
circulating?
Support your position with evidence from the novel.
Be sure to acknowledge competing views, and refer
only to information and events in the book, not what
you know because you live in the 21st century.
23. Lyddie
Writing Argument
Take a Stand!
A is better?
Go to the top of the room
B is better?
Go to the bookcases
NOT SURE?
Middle of the room
24. Lyddie
Writing Argument
“Lyddie should sign the
petition because the
people she cares about
are becoming sick from
working long hours in
the dust-filled air.”
“Lyddie should sign
the petition because
working longer than
ten (10) hours a day is
really hard.”
25. Lyddie
Writing Argument
“Lyddie should not sign
the petition because
she will earn less
money and needs
money to buy back the
farm.”
“Lyddie should not
sign the petition
because Mr. Mardsen
would be
disappointed, and she
doesn’t want Mr.
Mardsen to think less
of her.”
26. Lyddie
Writing Argument
“Lyddie should sign the
petition because the
workers, by being
forced to work longer
hours for less pay, are
being treated more and
more like slaves.”
“Lyddie should sign
the petition because if
she signed it and
worked fewer hours,
she would have more
time to read.”
27. Lyddie
Writing Argument
Forming Evidence-Based Claims organizer
• Look at the “Reasons” at the bottom
• Highlight your three most compelling
reasons
• Look at the “Evidence” row & make sure
you can back these three up!
• Star any evidence which supports your
highlighted reasons
28. Lyddie
Writing Argument
Forming Evidence-Based Claims organizer
• Turn to shoulder partner
• Discuss what you highlighted & starred
• THEN, flip over your organizer!
• Circle the reason that almost convinced you
to write about this side (counterclaim)
• You’ll need this, too!
29. Lyddie
Writing Argument
Forming Evidence-Based Claims organizer
• Time to write your claim
• On your exit ticket:
Because of ______________________________, Lyddie
should/ should not sign the petition. She should/ should not
sign the petition because __________________________.
The most compelling reasons for Lyddie to sign/ not sign the
petition are ______________________________________
________________________________________________
________________________________________________.