Adventure on the Amazon River
Adventure (fiction), 3,125 words, Level V (Grade 4)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension	Analyze Plot
Grammar and Mechanics	Comparative Adjectives
Word Work	Similes

Book Summary

Adventure on the Amazon River is about a girl named Cammy who is traveling on a large boat up the Amazon River with her parents. Cammy is not enjoying the trip until a girl her age boards the boat with her family. While Cammy is trying to do a good deed, something happens to her. This event is both frightening and exciting. The subsequent adventure changes Cammy's whole attitude about the trip, the Amazon, and her parents. Readers will enjoy the way in which the story builds to a climax and the resolution that follows.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions
• Identify the parts of a plot
• Use comparative adjectives
• Identify similes

Vocabulary

• Content words: caiman, canopy, diagonal, makeshift, nook, toucan

Book Resources

Formats Single-Sided Book Single-Sided Color Cover Double-Sided Book Double-Sided Color Cover Pocketbook Lesson Resources Lesson Plan Worksheets Discussion Cards Comprehension Quiz Level V Answer Sheet