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Reading A-Z Level
Grade 4
Fountas & Pinnell Q
Reading Recovery 40
DRA 40
Word Smith, Private I
Narrative (fiction), 2,089 words, Level V (Grade 4)

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategy Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension Author's Purpose
Grammar and Mechanics Compound Adjectives
Word Work Similes

Book Summary

Word Smith, Private I is a mystery story filled with wordplay, including anagrams, palindromes, Hinky Pinkys, tongue twisters, knock-knock jokes, and spoonerisms. When Hannah Eve Hannah receives three warnings in the form of riddles, she enlists the help of Word Smith, the famous Private I. They work together to crack the case and catch the PUNisher at his own game. Illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy
  • Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions to understand the text
  • Identify author’s purpose
  • Understand and use compound adjectives
  • Identify and form similes

Vocabulary

  • Content words: anagram, clause, consonant, dangling participle, fink, grammar, heiress, literal, modifier, palindrome, phonics, pun, red-letter, simile, splitting infinitives, spoonerisms, stickler, subordinate, syntax
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