Two Kettles
Historical (fiction), 1,513 words, Level S (Grade 3)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension	Cause and Effect
Grammar and Mechanics	Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences
Word Work	Foreign Vocabulary

Book Summary

Brought together by circumstances beyond their control, two young girls, one English and one Native American, work to prepare dishes to be served at a feast that years later would be known as the first Thanksgiving. Emotions such as curiosity, resentment, apprehension, and nervousness all come to the surface in each girl as they work quietly side by side. In the process of laboring all day long together, a near tragedy forms a bond of friendship that will last forever, despite the future uncertainty of their family relations. Illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of making predictions to understand historical text
• Understand cause-and-effect relationships
• Identify simple, compound, and complex sentences and their parts
• Identify foreign vocabulary—Wampanoag dialect

Vocabulary

• Content words: deerskin, hearth, longhouse, muskets, Nasump, quahogs, samp

Book Resources

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