Makusani's Lesson
Folktale (fiction), 1,096 words, Level O (Grade 2)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension	Analyze Setting
Grammar and Mechanics	Quotation Marks
Word Work	Contractions

Book Summary

Makusani's Lesson is a Venezuelan folktale about a very curious young boy on an adventure in the forest. Makusani is a good boy, but his curiosity always seems to get him into trouble.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions
• Analyze changes in the setting
• Identify and understand the use of quotation marks
• Recognize and use contractions

Vocabulary

• Content words: approached, blowgun, boa constrictor, curious, grove, Huenna, inquired, Makusani, Nanudi, repeatedly, replied, slithered, tinamou

UK Edition

UK Color Cover

UK Projectable

French Edition

French Color Cover

French Projectable