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A Golden Tragedy Level P
Text Type: Fiction • Word Count: 795

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Correlation
READING A-Z LEVEL P
Grade 2
Fountas
& Pinnell
N
Reading
Recovery
21
DRA 30
Lesson Parts
1) Before Reading
2) During Reading
3) After Reading
4) Build Skills
5) Build Fluency
6) Extend the Reading
7) Assessment

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Book Summary
A Golden Tragedy is the story of a king who loved his daughter very much and would do anything to please her. One day, Penelope told her father that she wished her birds could lay golden eggs. In an effort to please his daughter, the king made a wish that would literally change everything. Illustrations support the text.  

About the Lesson 

Targeted Reading Strategy

  • Visualize

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of visualizing
  • Analyze the problem and solution
  • Identify and use possessives
  • Recognize and use content vocabulary

Materials

  • Book -- A Golden Tragedy (copy for each student)
  • Chalkboard or dry erase board
  • Problem and solution, possessives, content vocabulary 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: bewildered, dithered, embrace, enlist, frenzied, fretted, furiously, glistened, humble, pheasant, precious, tragic, wake, wealthy