Atlantic Crossing
Historical (fiction), 2,165 words, Level W (Grade 4)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension	Problem and Solution
Grammar and Mechanics	Possessive Nouns
Word Work	Content Vocabulary

Book Summary

Leaving his home in Dublin to immigrate to the United States was the last thing Patrick Kelley wanted to do. But Ireland’s potato famine of 1846 forced thousands of people to either flee or starve. Once aboard The Donegal, Patrick began to feel a sense of excitement as he watched the ocean’s waves crest and fall. However, only a short while later, Patrick would become the unlikely hero on his voyage to America.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions to understand fictional text
• Analyze a story’s problem and solution
• Understand and identify singular and plural possessive nouns
• Recognize and use content vocabulary

Vocabulary

• Content words: blacksmith, bustle, crest, famine, frantically, hatch, immigrant, makings, mast, rafters, stern, yardarm

Book Resources

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