About the Lesson 

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Visualize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of visualizing to understand text
• Analyze characters in the text
• Identify compound sentences used in the text
• Recognize and understand the use of idioms

Materials

• Book -- Yellow Brick Roadies (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Analyze characters, visualize, compound sentences, idioms worksheets

    Indicates an opportunity for student to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reusable.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: break dancing, contraption, courage, cowered, cruelty, furrowed, gorge, guilt, hovered, inline skating, looming, mission, Oz, ranting, regal, resourceful, slingshot, snicker, toxic, winced