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The Art of Photography
Informational (nonfiction), 2,104 words, Level Y (Grade 5)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension Compare and Contrast
Grammar and Mechanics Subject-Verb Agreement
Word Work Word Origins

Book Summary

This introduction to picture taking is loaded with information about cameras, film, composition, and fun photography projects. It also gives students a history of photography and an overview of how cameras work, how film is developed, and the fun of digital cameras. Each photography tip is accompanied by photos showing the dos, and humorous don'ts, of picture taking.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions
  • Compare and contrast text types
  • Recognize subject and verb in complex sentences
  • Analyze word origins

Vocabulary

  • Content words: amateur, composition, crude, cumbersome, daguerreotypes, darkroom, exposure, multipurpose, painstaking, panning, shutter 
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