Bats in the Attic
Personal Recount (fiction), 1,788 words, Level T (Grade 3)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension	Sequence Events
Grammar and Mechanics	Similies and Metaphors
Word Work	Allegories

Book Summary

Bats in the Attic, written in the first person, recounts a child's summer vacation at the shore with Gram. Living in a Victorian beach town is quite a contrast to the child's usual life in the city. The child learns the importance of bats, how to dig and cook clams, and to say good-bye to a very special summer. This book is the final installment in a three-part series about a child's summer at the shore.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
• Sequence events in a story
• Understand and create similes and metaphors
• Understand allegories

Vocabulary

• Content words: bloodworms, Bon appétit, dimples, driftwood, ebb, echolocation, Eptesicus fuscus, pups, rabies, secluded, snout, tides, tines, waded

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 T Answer Sheet