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Meeting Father in Plymouth Level P
Text Type: Fiction • Word Count: 826

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WORKSHEETS FOR
MEETING FATHER
IN PLYMOUTH

Worksheets

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COMPREHENSION QUIZ FOR
MEETING FATHER
IN PLYMOUTH

Comprehension Quiz
Level P Answer Sheet

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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
Meeting Father in Plymouth recounts the journey of a seven-year-old girl as she and her family leave England to join their father, who settled in Plymouth five months earlier. Although leaving England was difficult, she remains hopeful that Plymouth will be a good home for them where they will be free to follow their religion. Period illustrations support the text.  

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

  • Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions to better understand the text
  • Identify story elements
  • Recognize and use singular possessive nouns
  • Recognize and understand the use of homophones

Materials

  • Book -- Meeting Father in Plymouth (copy for each student)
  • Chalkboard or dry erase board
  • Prediction, story elements, possessive nouns, homophones 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: belongings, experiences, Handmaid, harvest, limited, mature, planters, Plymouth, Puritans, reunion, settlement, tending