Robin Hood and the King
Folktale (fiction), 3,074 words, Level Z (Grade 5)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Retell
Comprehension	Sequence Events
Grammar and Mechanics	Past-Tense Verbs
Word Work	Content Vocabulary

Book Summary

In this tale about Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men, the king sets out to meet Robin Hood. He loves all sports and knows Robin Hood and his men are the best archers in the kingdom. So he disguises himself as an abbot and heads through Sherwood Forest with a hundred pounds in his pouch. Robin Hood and his men take his gold but promise the king a show of fine archery, wrestling, and swordplay.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Retell

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of retelling to understand text
• Sequence events
• Identify irregular past-tense verbs
• Understand and use content vocabulary

Vocabulary

• Content words: abbot, bounty, brazen, chivalrous, consort, conviction, cunning, ere, forsooth, fortitude, friars, hearken, hither, indolence, liege, monarch, oblige, pilgrimage, portly, refuge, relish, ruffian, sooth, sought, sovereign, tankards, tarry, tithe, venison, yeomen

Book Resources

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