Book Summary
The Lost Dutchman is a fictional story about two boys, Billy and Jacob, and their teacher, Mr. Martinez. The boys are learning about Arizona in the 1800s, and in particular the Gold Rush and a legend from that time. However, something goes funny, and the boys and their teacher end up searching for the gold from the legend. All is back to normal when Billy realizes he has just been daydreaming. Or has he?

Vocabulary
Content Words

ancient
binoculars
burro
canteen
cringe
emerge
exasperated
gila monster
hydrated
ideal
legendary
mesmerizing
portal
prospector
rearrange
ridge
skeptic
stash
tattered
theory
veer
wash
willingly
whittle

Reproducibles
Worksheets
Worksheet 1-comprehension story plan
Worksheet 2-putting it all together adjectives

Lesson Objectives

Comprehension
You will likely address a number of comprehension skills as children work to understand the text. The targeted comprehension strategy for this lesson is: Describe the setting, characters, theme, and story sequence.

Word Work

Parts of speech
Describe and use nouns.
Describe and use adjectives.