Engage and deepen understanding of informational text.

• Walk students through Lewis' activism and leadership during the civil rights movement using resources that support March: Book One, March: Book Two, and March: Book Three by authors John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell.

Develop listening and speaking skills with author interviews and discussion guides.

• Consider Helen Frost's use of two voices to narrate Salt: A Story of Friendship in a Time of War. Her Meet-the-Author Recording shares some of the backstory for the book.

"When readers see words like settlers and frontier, they might not pause to consider that what was a frontier to some was a homeland to others." -Helen Frost

Delve into and analyze literature.

• Contemplate the shifts in focus and perspective required of Francisco X. Stork in his work on Marcelo in the Real World as described in his Meet-the-Author Recording.

Construct meaning from social contexts using diverse literature.

• Explore the themes of friendship, sharing, and loss using Karen Lynn Williams' lesson plan for Four Feet, Two Sandals.