Book Summary
Eleventeen follows young Sarah as she works through the emotions of her upcoming birthday. Frustrated that she isn't quite a teenager yet, like her sister, she finds herself trying to explain to her family that turning eleven is not what she wants at all. She retreats to her room and decides to follow the advice of her father, who always tells her to "weigh the facts." As she compares ages eleven and sixteen on paper, she realizes that the responsibilities of becoming eleven aren't really that different from sixteen--especially when she renames her age eleventeen. 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 understand the text
• Identify story elements
• Identify and understand the use of pronouns
• Identify and use contractions

Materials

• Book -- Eleventeen (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Index cards
• Dictionaries
• Prediction, story elements, pronouns, contractions 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: accomplished, adolescent, columns, comeback, completed, concluded, dawned, definitely, dilemma, extraordinary, possibilities, responsibility, retorted, sarcasm, unison