In Huck's Shoes
Adventure (fiction), 2,355 words, Level Y (Grade 5)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy	Visualize
Comprehension	Analyze Character
Grammar and Mechanics	Pronouns
Word Work	Dialect

Book Summary

In Huck's Shoes tells the story of an eleven-year-old boy, Miguel, and his desire to experience adventure. Bored and frustrated by the work expected of him in his family's shop, he escapes to the attic, where he magically becomes a character in the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Visualize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
• Analyze characters in the text
• Understand the use of subject and object pronouns
• Understand the use of dialect

Vocabulary

• Content words: awe, bandanna, betray, booty, bow, bury, devious, eerie, entranced, responsibilities, sand bar, shale, slats, stern, succulent, vanished, wakefulness

Book Resources

Formats Single-Sided Book Single-Sided Color Cover Double-Sided Book Double-Sided Color Cover Pocketbook Lesson Resources Lesson Plan Worksheets Discussion Cards Comprehension Quiz Level Y Answer Sheet