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Reading A-Z Level
Grade 5
Fountas & Pinnell S
Reading Recovery 40
DRA 40
Jacey Nova: Starship Pilot
Science Fiction (fiction), 2,315 words, Level X (Grade 5)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Summarize
Comprehension Analyze Character
Grammar and Mechanics Punctuation
Word Work Irregular Content Words

Book Summary
The year is 2035, and Jacey Nova, a human teenager, is offered the chance of a lifetime--an invitation to attend pilot training at Galaxon Headquarters on the Planet Martel. His natural ability helped him get there, but he has to learn to work with his Sarpedon co-pilot if he wants to be successful at this training school. The security of the Calabrian Galaxy depends upon the ability of these young pilots to work together to protect their intergalactic freedom.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Summarize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of summarizing
  • Analyze characters
  • Identify colons in the text
  • Understand and use content vocabulary

Vocabulary

  • Content words: Alpha, anticipating, culminate, decoys, disengage, electromagnetic, eliminated, holograms, humanoids, impulsive, indispensable, intricate, levitating, perpetually, productive,readjusted, reprimanded, rigorous, shrouded, simulation, sustained, tendrils
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