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Historic Peacemakers
Level Z
Benchmark Books
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| Grade |
5 |
| Fountas & Pinnell |
U-W |
| Reading Recovery |
N/A |
| DRA |
50 |
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Historic Peacemakers
Informational (nonfiction), 2,150 words,
Level Z (Grade 5)
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Lesson Objectives |
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| Reading Strategy |
Ask and answer questions |
| Comprehension |
Author's Purpose |
| Grammar and Mechanics |
Pronunciations |
| Word Work |
Content Vocabulary |
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Book Summary |
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Historic Peacemakers highlights six Nobel Peace Prize nominees: Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, Mairead Corrigan, and Betty Williams. It ends by appealing to readers to find the peacemaker within themselves. Historic photographs support the text.
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About the Lesson |
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Targeted Reading Strategy
Objectives
- Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand informational text
- Analyze the author’s purpose
- Understand how to read pronunciations in parentheses
- Identify and use content vocabulary
Vocabulary
Content words: apartheid, boycott, caste, concessions, congregation, discrimination, integrated, leprosy, mediation, prejudice, sari, segregated
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