Sally's Secret Ambition
Historical (fiction), 1,552 words, Level T (Grade 3)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension	Analyze Character
Grammar and Mechanics	Possessive Nouns
Word Work	Adverbs

Book Summary

Sally's Secret Ambition is a story set in 1862 during the American Civil War. Sally is a young girl whose secret ambition is to become a surgeon like her father. Unfortunately in the late 1800s, a surgeon was not a typical profession held by women. However, Sally secretly learns the profession by watching her father and reading books on the subject. One day, Sally gets her chance to help a wounded soldier, and her secret is revealed. Illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions to better understand text
• Analyze characters in the text
• Understand and use singular possessive nouns
• Recognize and use the suffix -ly for adverbs

Vocabulary

• Content words: ambition, bandaging, deceived, field hospital, injured, lead, noble, operation, surgeon, tending, War Between the States

Book Resources

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