Amelia Earhart: A Legend in Flight
Biography (nonfiction), 1,507 words, Level Q (Grade 3)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension	Sequence Events
Grammar and Mechanics	Subject
Word Work	Homonyms

Book Summary

The first woman to cross the Atlantic in an airplane, Amelia Earhart was an extraordinary person and a brave pioneer in the new world of aviation. She set new standards for what women could achieve in the world. This informative book, filled with photos of Earhart and the planes she flew, chronicles her life from childhood to her mysterious disappearance in 1937.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of making connections to prior knowledge
• Sequence events to gain understanding in biographical text
• Identify simple and compound subjects
• Recognize and use homonyms in sentences

Vocabulary

• Content words: accomplishments, Atlantic, Australia, challenge, designed, engines, equator, expedition, headlines, historic, instruments, landing gear, legend, Lockheed Electra, navigator, New Guinea, opportunity, Pacific, plummeted, publicist, route, stunt

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 Q Answer Sheet