The Mystery of Granville Library
Mystery (fiction), 2,400 words, Level W (Grade 4)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Problem solving
Comprehension	Identify Genre
Grammar and Mechanics	Similes
Word Work	Alphabetizing

Book Summary

In The Mystery of Granville Library, three friends discover mysterious clues in a library book. The boys put their heads together to solve the mystery, and in the end they discover a very special place.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Problem solving

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of analyzing problem and solution to understand the text
• Identify elements of the mystery genre
• Identify and create similes
• Arrange words in alphabetical order

Vocabulary

• Content words: acrostics, binding, catalog, copyright, dead end, decades, discovered, instill, King Arthur, Middle Ages, mysteries, pattern, Renaissance, riddle, Romance languages, scanning, secrets, treasure

Spanish Edition

Spanish Color Cover

Spanish Projectable