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Fountas & Pinnell O
Reading Recovery 34
DRA 34
Animals Feel Emotions
Persuasive (nonfiction), 1,167 words, Level S (Grade 3)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Summarize
Comprehension Author's Purpose
Grammar and Mechanics Compound Sentences
Word Work Compound Words

Book Summary

Do you think animals are capable of love? The author of this book does. She also believes that animals can feel and demonstrate loyalty, friendship, tenderness, and compassion. As evidence of this, she presents several different examples of real-life animals and how they show emotion. When you finish reading, will you agree or disagree with the author's point of view?

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Summarize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand text
  • Analyze author’s purpose in the text
  • Identify and use compound sentences
  • Understand the meaning of compound words

Vocabulary

  • Content words: abandon, amputated, compassion, devotion, ecstatically, eventually, evidence, instincts, loyalty, malignant, passive, rambunctious
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