Wheeling the Snake
Realistic (fiction), 1,855 words, Level S (Grade 3)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension	Story Elements
Grammar and Mechanics	Quotation Marks
Word Work	Content Vocabulary

Book Summary

Isaac Green and two of his friends want to skateboard down a five-mile-long irrigation ditch called "The Snake." The Snake has no water in it in during the months of November and December. If they can go down without "getting bitten," they will earn the right to wear a coiled snake patch on their jackets. However, a high school bully, Cliff, tries to stop them. The friends devise a plan and then have to put it into action.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of making connections to prior knowledge to understand fictional text
• Understand and identify story elements
• Understand and use quotation marks and associated punctuation
• Recognize noun and verb forms of content vocabulary

Vocabulary

• Content words: harassing, hesitantly, irrigation, muttered, ominous, sarcastically, taunt, tradition

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 S Answer Sheet