Book Summary
Chili Pepper Powder Surprise is a story about Trisha and her first experience with a thoroughbred horse. She is visiting her cousin Adrian's farm in Tennessee from Chicago, and she's never seen anything as beautiful as the horse. Adrian dares her to get on the horse without his father's knowledge, and she reluctantly decides to give it a try. Suddenly, she and Pepper are racing dangerously out of control, and she has to think quickly to keep from getting seriously injured. Illustrations support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Summarize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand nonfiction text
• Analyze characters in the text
• Identify and understand the use of possessive pronouns
• Identify and use homophones

Materials

• Book -- Chili Pepper Powder Surprise (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Dictionaries
• Analyze characters, summarize, possessive pronouns, homophones worksheets
• 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: corral, dodging, galloping, gingerly, grazed, mane, saddle, sidestepped, stammered, stirrup, terrifyingly, tethered, thoroughbred, trot