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The Castaway Pines Level Q
Text Type: Fiction • Word Count: 1,426
1) Before Reading
2) During Reading
3) After Reading
4) Building Skills
5) Extend the Reading
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Book Summary
In The Castaway Pines, Momma and Poppa Pine try to frustrate a logger because they think he wants to make them into Presto logs. When they find out that he wants them for Christmas trees, they begin to think differently. The Castaway Pines is written as a stage play, which introduces readers to a new reading format.
Suggested Lesson Focus
Comprehension/Literary Element Strategies
Identify and discuss the author's purpose.
Word Skills
Make a word web to show the meaning of a word.
Grammar Skills
Write complete sentences for given phrases.
Phonics Skills
Identify and discuss the different pronunciation of words ending in ough.
Targeted Vocabulary Words
distracted, dramatically, reverently
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