Book Summary
Lila's class is on a field trip to the zoo. While busying herself making shadow puppets on the ground, Lila notices a group of students pass by that, strangely enough, don't cast any shadows! When one of the students accidentally drops a strange pendant, Lila is after him to solve the mystery. This text provides a good introduction to the genre of science fiction.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Visualize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of visualizing (creating mental pictures) to better understand text
• Understand and identify the author's purpose
• Understand and identify subject pronouns
• Identify and understand the meaning of closed compound words

Materials

• Book -- The Shadow People (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Content vocabulary, visualize, subject pronouns worksheets

   Indicates an opportunity for student to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reusable.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: being, dimensional, distracted, hypercube, imagined, invisible, pendant, properties, register, typically, whisked