
Bats in the Attic
Personal Recount (fiction),
1,755 words,
Level T (Grade 3)
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.
Book Resources
Lesson Resources
Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
Comprehension
Sequence events in a story
Grammar and Mechanics
Understand and create similes and metaphors
Word Work
Understand allegories
Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
Comprehension
Sequence events in a story
Grammar and Mechanics
Understand and create similes and metaphors
Word Work
Understand allegories
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class









