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Reading A-Z Level
Grade 5
Fountas & Pinnell S
Reading Recovery 40
DRA 40
Seeds of Revolution
Historical (nonfiction), 2,211 words, Level X (Grade 5)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Cause and Effect
Grammar and Mechanics Conjunctions
Word Work Synonyms

Book Summary
Seeds of Revolution is an informative book about the history of the American Revolution. The book discusses the French and Indian War, followed by the struggles created by "taxation without representation." Patriot and Loyalist positions are addressed, as are the events leading to the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Photographs and illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson
Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Ask and answer questions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of asking and answering questions to understand informational text
  • Understand and identify cause-and-effect relationships
  • Identify conjunctions used in the text
  • Recognize and use synonyms

Vocabulary

  • Content words: allies, banish, colonists, debts, delegates, militia, mutiny, parliament, protesting, rebellious, resentment, retaliate, retreating, revolution, rights, taxes
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