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Grade 4
Fountas & Pinnell Q
Reading Recovery 40
DRA 40
Pirate Ships and Flags
Informational (nonfiction), 1,804 words, Level U (Grade 4)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Summarize
Comprehension Compare and Contrast
Grammar and Mechanics Possessive Nouns
Word Work Pronouns

Book Summary
The image of an eye-patched, peg-legged pirate with a hook for a hand and a parrot on his shoulder may be familiar to many readers. However, they may not be familiar with the ships that pirates used to chase their victims. Pirate Ships and Flags describes various ships used by pirates during the Golden Age of piracy. The types of ships used in different regions of the world, along with the advantages of each in the practice of looting, are explained.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Summarize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of summarizing sections of a book
  • Compare and contrast important information in text
  • Understand singular and plural possessive nouns
  • Recognize and use subject and object pronouns

Vocabulary

  • Content words: barbarian, bow, bowspirit, corsairs, galleys, hull, junks, longboats, mast, notorious, prow, surrender, versatile
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