About the Lesson 

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Summarizing

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand and remember informational text
• Identify main ideas and details
• Capitalize place names and other proper nouns
• Identify syllable division in content vocabulary

Materials

• Book -- Seven Wonders of the Modern World (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Main idea/details, syllable division worksheets

Indicates an opportunity for student to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if you choose not to have students consume the books.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: engineers, hydroelectric plant, landmark, observation deck, power plant, radio and television signals, scholars, shipping industry, skyline, suspension bridge, waterway, wildlife habitats