Book Summary
From sacred ground to bloody battlefield, the Alamo's history is described in this informative text. The Texas Revolution is highlighted through accounts of the battles and major players, the defeat of Santa Anna, the formation of the Republic of Texas, and Texas statehood in 1845. Photographs, illustrations, and maps support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Summarize

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of summarizing to understand text
• Understand and identify cause-and-effect relationships
• Identify and use complex sentences
• Fluently read numbers within the text

Materials

• Book -- The Battle of the Alamo (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Vocabulary, cause and effect, complex sentences 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: barracks, bayonets, cavalry, compound, facade, hostility, militia, mission, siege, typhoid