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Pirates and Privateers
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Fountas & Pinnell R
Reading Recovery 40
DRA 40
Pirates and Privateers
Informational (nonfiction), 1,898 words, Level W (Grade 4)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension Cause and Effect
Grammar and Mechanics Proper Nouns
Word Work Antonyms

Book Summary

Pirates and Privateers is a factual text about the pirates and privateers of the Caribbean. It discusses details of daily life, dress, and celebration. It also features some of the famous pirates of the era, including Blackbeard, the cruel thief who held lit candles in his beard just to inspire fear in his victims.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge while reading to understand text
  • Identify cause and effect in text
  • Identify and punctuate proper nouns
  • Recognize and use antonyms

Vocabulary

  • Content words: capsize, colonized, flares, grenades, hammocks, hostages, hijack, lace, linen, notorious, popularized, reputation, riggings, ruthless, sash, scoundrels, specialized, velvet, vicious
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