| Reading A-Z Level |  |
| Ages | 9 - 11 |
| Grade | 5 |
| Fountas & Pinnell | S |
| Reading Recovery | 40 |
| DRA | 40 |
| Lexile | 831-860 |
The School Versus James Holt
Realistic (fiction),
3,008 words,
Level X (Grade 5)
The School Versus James Holt tells the story of a fifth-grade classroom learning about the process of a jury trial. Students are assigned roles as they try a real case in which the main character must prove that her friend James is innocent so he doesn’t receive a week’s worth of detention for a crime he says he didn’t commit. Illustrations support the text.
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Preteach the Vocabulary
Story Words
defendant, defense, due process, evidence, overruled, prosecution, reasonable doubt, sustained, testify, trial, verdict, witness
defendant, defense, due process, evidence, overruled, prosecution, reasonable doubt, sustained, testify, trial, verdict, witness
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Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions to understand text
Comprehension
Make inferences/Draw conclusions
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify quotation and punctuation marks in text
Word Work
Identify time and order words
Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions to understand text
Comprehension
Make inferences/Draw conclusions
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify quotation and punctuation marks in text
Word Work
Identify time and order words
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Assess the Objectives
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