Microbes: Friend or Foe?
Informational (nonfiction), 2,236 words, Level Z (Grade 5)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Summarize
Comprehension	Compare and Contrast
Grammar and Mechanics	Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Word Work	Compound Words

Book Summary

Microbes: Friend or Foe? is an informational book that gives readers a close look at microbes--including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa. The book provides examples of how microbes are both helpful and harmful. It explains how they are spread and how bad microbes are fought using vaccines and antibiotics. Photographs, a map, and a chart support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Summarize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand nonfiction text
• Identify details to compare and contrast various microbes
• Recognize comparative and superlative adjectives
• Identify compound words

Vocabulary

• Content words: antibiotics, contaminated, cells, disease, epidemic, eradicate, immune system, infection, invade, microbe, microscope, mutate, organisms, outbreak, pandemic, resistance, symptoms, vaccines, viruses

Book Resources

Formats Single-Sided Color Book Lesson Resources Lesson Plan Worksheets Discussion Cards Comprehension Quiz Level Z Answer Sheet