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Marco Polo and the Silk Road
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Grade 5
Fountas & Pinnell T
Reading Recovery 40
DRA 40
Marco Polo and the Silk Road
Informational (nonfiction), 2,061 words, Level Y (Grade 5)

Lesson Objectives
Reading Strategy Ask and answer questions
Comprehension Sequence Events
Grammar and Mechanics Dash
Word Work Homophones

Book Summary
Marco Polo and the Silk Road is a book about Marco Polo and his fascinating travels to China in the 1200s. Surrounded by controversy, his memoir of travels to mysterious lands became a sensation. Photographs, maps, 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 nonfiction text
  • Sequence events
  • Understand the use of a dash as punctuation
  • Identify and use homophones

Vocabulary

  • Content words: ancient, astonished, authority, camel caravans, Christianity, conquest, dynasty, empire, famous, foreigners, journeys, memoir, merchants, mysterious, steppe
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