Tell It Again! Read-Aloud Anthology - EngageNY

Introducing the Read-Aloud
The Voyage
of the Mayflower
7A
10 minutes
What Have We Already Learned?
Note: Prior to the lesson, it is recommended that you create a
Pilgrim Song Chart on chart paper, a chalkboard, or a whiteboard
by writing the lyrics for the new verse below. Post Image Card 15
(Separatists) above the new verse.
Show image 6A-4: Separatists decide to leave Europe
Review the previous read-aloud about the Separatists’ difficulties
in England. Ask students why the Separatists decided to leave
England. To reinforce the lesson, teach students the following
verse to the tune of “I’m a Little Teapot.” As you point to Image
Card 15, have them sing it with you the second time:
I’m a Separatist and I believe
The Church of England is not for me.
I meet with my good friends to secretly pray
Now we’ve decided to move away.
Essential Background Information or Terms
Read the last two lines of the previous read-aloud to the students:
“The Separatists were about to begin pilgrimage, or journey, to the
New World. From here on, they would be known as the Pilgrims.”
Tell students that a pilgrimage usually refers to a special kind of
trip, one made for religious reasons, like that of the Separatists.
People who go on a pilgrimage are called pilgrims. So, the
Separatists became pilgrims when they decided to make the long
journey across the ocean to worship as they pleased. Explain to
students that this particular group of Separatist pilgrims is known
in America today simply as the Pilgrims. For that reason, in today’s
read-aloud they will be called the Pilgrims, not the Separatists.
86 Columbus and the Pilgrims 7A | The Voyage of the Mayfl ower
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