Book Summary
Imagine standing outside in the hot Arizona sun and then suddenly descending into a deep, dark hole in the ground. This is what a tour of the Queen Mine is like. Readers will take a "tour" of the historic mine and learn interesting facts about copper and how it is removed from the earth.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Visualize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
• Sequence story events
• Identify and create proper nouns
• Recognize and understand the use of multiple-meaning words

Materials

• Book -- Deep Inside a Copper Mine (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Sequence events, proper nouns, multiple-meaning words 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: battery pack, claustrophobic, copper, cubbyholes, dynamite, gear, hardhat, humongous, mine, ore, tour, tunnel