A Selection From Robinson Crusoe
Classic (fiction), 2,972 words, Level Z (Grade 5)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Text to text connections
Comprehension	Sequence Events
Grammar and Mechanics	Verb Tense
Word Work	Suffixes

Book Summary

In this selection from the classic novel by Daniel Defoe, English sailor Robinson Crusoe finds himself washed up on a deserted island. He struggles to get enough supplies from the ship before the sea destroys it and to make himself a home as he awaits rescue. This selection has been specially edited for contemporary Level Z readers and is accompanied by vivid illustrations.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Text to text connections

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of making text-to-text connections to understand text
• Sequence story events
• Identify past, present, and future tenses
• Identify and use words with suffixes -ion, -tion, -ation, -sion

Vocabulary

• Content words: affliction, casks, desolate, ebbed, fortify, infinite, leagues, mortification, prospect, provisions, resolved, ravenous, shoal, stern, tarpaulin

Book Resources

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