The Trouble with English
Personal Recount (fiction), 1,617 words, Level S (Grade 3)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Context clues
Comprehension	Analyze Character
Grammar and Mechanics	Adverbs and Adjectives
Word Work	Idioms

Book Summary

The Trouble with English is the story of a girl named Ting Yao who moves from China to the United States. The book is a first-person account of her experiences learning English at school. She has many difficulties with the unfamiliar idioms, pronunciations, and spellings of the English language. Ting Yao relates her frustrations with learning this new language but realizes that she will eventually master English.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Context clues

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge
• Analyze a character in the story
• Identify adjectives and adverbs
• Understand, identify, and use idioms

Vocabulary

• Content words: certainly, correctly, differently, especially, idiom, incredibly, memorize, pronunciation

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 S Answer Sheet