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Murdoch's Path Level R
Text Type: Fiction • Word Count: 1,589

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WORKSHEETS FOR
MURDOCH'S PATH
Worksheets

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COMPREHENSION QUIZ FOR
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Comprehension Quiz
Level R Answer Sheet

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Correlation
READING A-Z LEVEL R
Grade 3
Fountas
& Pinnell
O
Reading
Recovery
22
DRA 34
Lesson Parts
1) Before Reading
2) During Reading
3) After Reading
4) Building Skills
5) Extend the Reading

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Book Summary
In this folktale-style story by famous Irish author Juliana Horatia Ewing, poor Pat finds himself dancing with the fairies after he accidentally takes the infamous Murdoch's Path. Fortunately, Pat knows his manners, and the fairies richly reward him despite his trespasses. But when a greedy shoemaker tries to duplicate Pat's success, he finds that the fairies aren't so generous to those who would trick them. 

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategies
Students should use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning and comprehend text. The target strategy for this lesson is: using context clues. 

Word and Print Skills

Word Work
Synonyms
Grammar
Adverbs formed with –-ly

Targeted Vocabulary Words
Barged, beckoned, brambled, exhaustion, fetch, infested, muttered, tingled, trustworthy, uttered
These words are printed in bold and included in the glossary. Encourage students to use both the context and the glossary definitions to help them understand the words. 

Comprehension
You will likely address a number of comprehension skills as students work to understand the text. The target comprehension strategy for this lesson is: understanding the features of a folktale.