Daniel Boone
Biography (nonfiction), 1,278 words, Level P (Grade 2)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Summarize
Comprehension	Cause and Effect
Grammar and Mechanics	Subject and Predicate
Word Work	Prefixes

Book Summary

"Daniel Boone" is a name that brings the wild frontier to mind, and with good reason. Daniel Boone lived in the early days of the United States, when the country was still young and growing. The push to move west was led by men like Daniel Boone, who had excellent hunting and tracking skills and knew how to survive in the wilderness. His amazing life story provides a glimpse of the wild frontier days of post-Revolution America.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Summarize

Objectives

• Summarize to understand and remember information in text
• Identify cause-and-effect relationships in informational text
• Identify subjects and predicates within sentences
• Apply prefixes to change the meaning of words

Vocabulary

• Content words: ammunition, goods, horizon, mourned, pioneers, purified, settlers, teeming, vowed

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 P Answer Sheet