Word Smith, Private I "Rhyme Crime"
Fantasy (fiction), 2,895 words, Level Z (Grade 5)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension	Reality and Fantasy
Grammar and Mechanics	Quotation Marks
Word Work	Homophones

Book Summary

Word Smith, Private I, is back with another mystery story filled with alliterations, hyperboles, rhyming, similes, and idioms. Ben Brannoor enters Word Smith's office claiming that someone or something is stealing rhymes out of his greeting cards and replacing them with un-rhymes. Not only are rhymes stolen from greeting cards, but also from advertising slogans and song lyrics. Word Smith and Ben Brannoor work together to track down the rhyme thief. 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 understand the text
• Compare story using reality/fantasy
• Identify quotes within quotes
• Identify homophones

Vocabulary

• Content words: alliteration, antonym, cadence, embossed, haiku, idiom, linguistic, palindrome, rhetorically, scansion, similes, superlative, synonym

Book Resources

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