Book Summary
The Great Ice Beast Egdirf is in pain--something has made it sick. Join the hero of the story as he tries to determine what is wrong with the beast and then heroically removes the cause of the illness. Readers will enjoy the surprise ending to this story and the analogy that is cleverly woven throughout.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Visualize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of visualizing to better understand text
• Understand and identify cause-and-effect relationships
• Identify r-controlled /o/ vowel
• Identify and use adjectives
• Recognize and understand the use of similes

Materials

• Book -- Inside the Beast (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Cause and effect, content vocabulary, visualize, adjectives worksheets
• Dictionaries
• Discussion cards

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

Vocabulary

• Content words: deserve, hangdog, leftovers, mold, oozed, protector, remove, rotted, stench