We are well into our reading of the novel Lyddie by Katherine Paterson. We are reading chapter six this week as well as analyzing her character traits and incorporating them into a free verse poem. We watched the PBS documentary entitled Mill Times to help deepen our understanding of the time period in which the book takes place.

 

   The students have relatively little knowledge of this time period, but will be learning more about it next year in 8th grade social studies.  Lyddie is a character from whom we have a lot to learn about responsibility, perseverance, and love.