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Reading A-Z Level
Grade 5
Fountas & Pinnell U-W
Reading Recovery N/A
DRA 50
The Cherokees
Realistic (fiction), 2,643 words, Level Z (Grade 5)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Visualize
Comprehension Compare and Contrast
Grammar and Mechanics Quotation Marks
Word Work Verb Tense

Book Summary
Debbie is on vacation with her parents in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Although the mountains and valleys are a beautiful sight, Debbie is a bit bored--until she finds an ancient arrowhead in the dirt and meets Anna High Cloud, a young Cherokee park ranger. Anna takes Debbie back in time as she weaves the fascinating story of her people for Debbie.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Visualize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
  • Compare and contrast story elements
  • Identify run-in quotations
  • Identify past-tense irregular verbs

Vocabulary

  • Content words: civilization, constitution, conviction, descendants, embankment, expression, exterminate, nuisance, prosperous, unsanitary, voluntarily
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